Thirty-six Angus-cross steers (667 ± 34.4 kg initial BW, 24.5 mo) were used to assess the impact of short-term glycerin or high-fructose corn syrup administration via drinking water on meat quality and marbling deposition. Steers blocked by BW (3 blocks) were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 drinking water treatments: 1) control (CON), 2) 4.3% crude glycerin (GLYC), or 3) 4.3% high-fructose corn syr...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) dissolved in dietary fat are absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract by the enterocytes in combination with the fatty acids proceeding from the lipid hydrolysis in the gut lumen. The effect of fatty acid absorption on the uptake and transport of 14 PCBs in enterocytes was studied using monolayers of the human intestinal Caco-2 cell line as a model system. The dif...

The objective of this study was to compare carcass and meat quality between Barbarine lambs raised on rangelands and those reared indoors. A total of 24 weaned male lambs (23.2 kg) were allotted into two groups. The first group (GS) grazed pasture dominated by natural shrubs and was supplemented with 100 g of concentrate. The second group (HS) received oat hay and 200 to 300 g supplement of the...

Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease To the Editor: NAFLD is a clinicopathological syndrome that is closely associated with visceral obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes, thus suggesting that NAFLD is another feature of the metabolic syndrome (MetS).1 Recent cross-sectional studies2–4 have shown that NAFLD is associated with ...

A systematic review to identify studies reporting the effects of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) intake, during pregnancy and postnatally, on infants and young children's body composition was performed. A structured search strategy was performed in the MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and LILACS databases. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined according to the research ques...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, using tests of subclinical atherosclerosis. AIM To evaluate the influence of NAFLD on subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS We reviewed Pubmed and EMBASE. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, we selected 14 studies and ...

Background: Recent studies have shown that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness as a reliable marker of early atherosclerosis, but possible direct relationships between NAFLD and carotid artery atherosclerosis is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities (PON1) along...

The objective of this experiment was to examine the effects of concentrates in feed, differing in carbohydrate source, on the rumen development of veal calves. For this purpose, 160 male Holstein Friesian x Dutch Friesian crossbred calves were used in a complete randomized block design with a 5 x 2 factorial arrangement. Dietary treatments consisted of 1) a milk replacer control, 2) a pectin-ba...