Combinations of two high-energy forage finishing diets and two initial body condition scores (BCSs) in a 2 × 2 factorial experimental design were evaluated on cull Holstein-Friesian (HF) cows to improve animal performance and carcass characteristics, aimed at achieving proper fatness and conformation scores (a minimum of '4' and 'O', respectively) required for the marketing of high-value loin s...

INTRODUCTION Base metals have a wide use in casting methods. Sometimes they are reused in laboratories which may have an adverse effect on the restoration marginal integrity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of recasting of alloys on marginal integrity of restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Models with two types of finishing lines shoulder bevel 45° and shoulder 135° were produced a...

This study determined a tylosin concentration in swine wastewater located in a Mexican pig farm, during different stages of the pigs' growth. The detection of antibiotics in swine wastewater is complex due to its high concentration of solids. Analytical method was developed for detection of tylosin in swine wastewater and swine slurry. Average recoveries of tylosin in the liquid and solid phase...

The effects of finishing time, (T0=0, T1=30 and T2=60days), on Holstein-Friesian cull cows (n=18) and post-mortem ageing, (1, 7, 14, 21, 35 and 42days), under vacuum conditions of Longissimus thoracis (LT) muscles were investigated. The objective of this research was to study how finishing feeding (based on a commercial concentrate and corn silage), following a pasture period of 90days, affecte...

The final finishing process of advanced ceramic balls used in hybrid precision bearings constitutes two thirds of the total manufacturing cost, hence the effective and economic finishing methods and processes are critical to their widespread application. A novel eccentric lapping machine is designed and manufactured, Hot Isostatically Pressed (HIPed) silicon nitride ball blanks (diameter 13.25 ...

Sixty medium-framed Hereford steers averaging 243 kg were used in an experiment including a growing period (28 wk) and a finishing period ending when the animals had approximately 4 to 10 mm of fat thickness (Canadian grade A1). Steers were assigned randomly to a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments for 28 wk (growing period). From the end of the growing period until slaughter, all steers ...

Two experiments were conducted over two years to evaluate the effect of including Optaflexx® 45 in cull cow finishing diets on performance, carcass characteristics, and carcass value. Experiment 1 evaluated the inclusion of Optaflexx® 45 in the diet, whereas Experiment 2 evaluated different inclusion concentrations in the finishing ration. In each experiment crossbred cows (Experiment 1, n=93; ...

This report focuses on the surface finishing of metals or metal finishing as it is usually called. Because of the wide range of techniques used and the similarity between some of the techniques, a classification system was devised to organize the presentation of the material. Metal finishing activities have been divided into (1) pretreatments, which include cleaning and surface preparation, (2 ...

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of saturated and unsaturated fats and their composition in growing and finishing periods on performance, carcass traits and blood lipids level in broiler chickens. In this experiment, 432 Ross 308 broilers were used from 11 up to 42 days in 9 treatments, 4 replicates and 12 birds in each replicate in growing (11-24 day...

A finishing trial and a metabolism trial were conducted to determine the effect of supplemental metabolizable Lys level on finishing calf performance and to estimate the metabolizable Lys requirement of finishing calves. The finishing trial included 60 individually fed crossbred beef steer calves (237 kg; SD = 20 kg) supplemented with either incremental amounts of rumen-protected Lys and Met, o...