Different myosin isoenzymes of pig and human atrium and ventricle and rat ventricle were characterized by two approaches: pyrophosphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PP-PAGE) and analysis of the myosin P light chains by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE). We further investigated the relation between atrial and ventricular myosin isoenzymes of human, pig, and rat,...

Massive amounts of pig manure are produced by intensive pig farm in China, and the composition of pig manure has changed much due to the use of feed additives. However, little is known about the exact Cu (copper) feed as additives or present as contaminants in pig feed and the residues in feces. One hundred and thirty-seven feeds and one hundred and forty-two fecal samples from 48 pig farms wer...

A novel approach to potentially improve pig growth and welfare is to supplement environments with biologically meaningful odors that are deficient. The post-weaning environment lacks maternal odors that may contribute to the often-observed post-weaning lag in growth and health challenges. A recently reported rabbit maternal pheromone (2-methyl-2-butenal (2M2B)) may act as an interomone in the p...

Swine production in Italy is characteristically oriented towards typical meat products. In 2007, the Italian pig population was more than 9 million head (Italian Pig Breeders Association ANAS, 2008). Pig farms numbered around 101,000 in 2007 and over 80% were concentrated in the four northern Italian regions of Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte and Veneto (ISTAT, 2008). This is why the dairy ...

In response to commercial interest in pig production, CSIRO’s Division of Animal Production designed AUSPIG, an MS-DOS tool for studying the performance of pigs growing in pens in a piggery. The pig farmer enters information concerning the pigs’ diet, genotype, and housing, as well as certain data concerning the local buyers of pigs. AUSPIG’s grower pig and breeder pig models then simulate the ...

A novel phosphoinositolglycan-peptide (PIG-P) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae potently mimicks insulin action on glucose transport and metabolism in rat muscle and adipose tissue. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the cellular signalling pathways of this insulin-mimetic compound. Rapid onset and reversibility of PIG-P action on glucose transport were observed in isolated adi...

Peppa Pig centres around a young pig, Peppa, her family (brother George, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig), and animal friends and members of the community. Dr Brown Bear, a single handed GP with whom the Pig family is registered, appears to provide his patients with an excellent service—prompt and direct telephone access, continuity of care, extended hours, and a low threshold for home visits. But could t...

The stomach of newborn pig contains a proteinase that is immunologically closely related to calf chymosin (rennin) (EC 3.4.23.4.). None of the pepsins from the stomach of adult pig is present in the newborn pig. Pig chymosin has optimal general proteolytic activity around pH 3.5. The ratio of milk-clotting activity to general proteolytic activity is about 30--70 times higher than that of pylori...

H. Mönig,1 J. Sun,2 Yu. M. Koroteev,3,4 G. Bihlmayer,5 J. Wells,1 E. V. Chulkov,3,6 K. Pohl,2 and Ph. Hofmann1,* 1Institute for Storage Ring Facilities, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark 2Department of Physics and Materials Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA 3Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián, Basque Country,...