Records on 983 cows born during a period of 10 yr (1966 to 1975) were used to estimate longevity and lifetime productivity of cows raised under range conditions. The cows were from a purebred Hereford and two multibreed synthetic groups, one composed of beef breeds (Beef Synthetic #1) and the other composed of two-thirds dairy breeds and one-third beef breeds (Dairy Synthetic). The cows were ra...

Twenty eight Ossimi male lambs, with an average live body weight 4.75 kg and 7 days age were randomly assigned to two feeding groups each of 14 animals to study the effect of pre-weaning diet on lamb's rumen development. Both the two groups suckled their dams until being weaned at 12 weeks of age (natural weaning). The first group depended completely on dam's milk as a solely available feed (co...

The prevalence rate of rotavirus in swine herds in Denmark was examined. 28 intensive breeding herds were tested and rotavirus was detected in 18 herds, i.e. 64.2%. Of the 638 fecal samples examined, 221 were positive (34.6%). The age distribution showed that rotavirus occurred with highest frequency (approx. 60%) in four week-old piglets. Rotavirus infection in neonatal piglets predominantly o...

The study objective was to investigate the physiological effects of weaning on beef calves and identify a panel of blood-based welfare biomarkers. On the day (d) of weaning (d 0), 16 spring-born, single-suckled, beef bull calves that previously grazed with their dams at pasture, were assigned to one of two treatments: (1) control (n = 8), calves were loose-housed with their dam, (2) weaned (n =...

Clinical management of short bowel syndrome remains a multistage process. Although PN is crucial, early introduction of enteral feeding is mandatory. We describe retrospectively 4 patients with an ultrashort bowel who could be weaned off PN on very short terms after introduction of an amino-acid-based formula (Neocate). Patient 1 had congenital short bowel with 50 cm small bowel and 30 cm colon...

a , b c * Peter Collins , John C. Stevenson , Lori Mosca National Heart and Lung Institute and Royal Brompton Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital (Mint Wing), Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Unive...

rhamnosus GG (LGG) and Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis (BB12) from the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract of Healthy Volunteers Debra D. Poutsiaka, MD, PhD, FIDSA; Lisa E. Davidson, MD; Lori Lathrop Stern, PhD, RD; Cheleste M. Thorpe, MD; Anne V. Kane, MD; Ian J. Mahoney, BA; Laura Mcdermott, BS; Rina Leyva, MS; Barry Goldin, PhD; David R. Snydman, MD, FIDSA; Division of Geographic Medicine...

Shiew-Mei Huang, PhD, Stephen D. Hall, PhD, Paul Watkins, MD, Lori A. Love, MD, PhD, Cosette Serabjit-Singh, PhD, Joseph M. Betz, PhD, Freddie Ann Hoffman, MD, Peter Honig, MD, Paul M. Coates, PhD, Jonca Bull, MD, Shaw T. Chen, MD, PhD, Gregory L. Kearns, PharmD, PhD, and Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH Rockville and Bethesda, Md, Indianapolis, Ind, Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park, NC, Mo...

Imagine fifteen young ladies at the Emmy Noether Boarding School—Anita, Barb, Carol, Doris, Ellen, Fran, Gail, Helen, Ivy, Julia, Kali, Lori, Mary, Noel, and Olive. Every day, they walk to school in the Official ENBS Formation, namely, in five rows of three each. One of the ENBS rules is that during the walk, a student may only talk with the other students in her row of three. These fifteen are...