The movement away from sow gestation stalls to group housing presents several major welfare issues from the standpoints of facility design and sow management. In choosing the type of sow gestation housing, it will be important to adopt the system with the most advantages and to be able to assess factors that will impact on the sows’ welfare, longevity in the herd and thereby the producer’s econ...

The way that sows are housed during gestation and lactation has moved towards more intensive systems so that sows can be more easily managed and production maximized. At a minimum, some of these factors have contributed to a decline in the productive life of sows in commercial pork production systems. A sow remaining in the breeding herd for fewer parities is likely to produce fewer pigs in her...

Groups of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) of approximate mean initial weight 8 g were grown in outdoor tanks over a 14-week period at water temperatures between 12 degrees (start) and 6 degrees (end). Four diets were used. Two contained non-oxidized fish oil (120 g/kg) with or without supplementary DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate and two contained moderately oxidized fish oil again with or without ...

Effect of exogenously added water-soluble antioxidants on the mouse macrophage lectin-like receptor activity for oxidized erythrocytes was investigated. A monolayer of thioglycollate-induced mouse peritoneal macrophages was preincubated with each of the antioxidants at 37 degrees C for 1 h, and the binding for mouse erythrocytes oxidized with ADP-chelated Fe(III) was examined. The binding was d...

Both feed efficiency and sow production are economically important traits in pig breeding. One challenge in a maternal line such as Norwegian Landrace is to breed for highly feed efficient fattening pigs and, at the same time, produce sows with high daily feed intake to maintain their BCS in multiple parities. The aim of this study was to estimate genetic correlations among novel feed efficienc...

The Super-Kamiokande experiment, using the largest underground water Cerenkov detector, has been running since April 1, 1996. The total live time for the analysis has reached more than 300 days. The newest results in atmospheric neutrino, solar neutrino and related topics are reported. Figure 1: The schematic view of Super-Kamiokande detector.

51) Int. Cl. (57) A mechanochemical oxidation process that allows relatively benign oxidizers to be used for the production of at least partially oxidized graphite, and a method of preparing a carbon fiber using oxidized graphite and a fiber component. Partially oxidized graphite is fully dispersible in water and can be used to prepare thin films with conductivities rivaling pure graphite. This...