The genetic parameters for growth, reproductive and maternal traits in a multibreed meat sheep population were estimated by applying the Average Information Restricted Maximum Likelihood method to an animal model. Data from a flock supported by the Programa de Melhoramento Genético de Caprinos e Ovinos de Corte (GENECOC) were used. The traits studied included birth weight (BW), weaning weight (...

Pig weight variation represents an important source of lost production and profitability in the swine industry. To date, few experiments have classified how pigs of the same age but different weight utilize dietary energy and nutrients. The objective of this experiment was to characterize how pigs with varying weaning weights (WW) and postweaning growth performance differ in apparent total trac...

Abstract The problem of management and treatment wastewater from commercial laundries is a matter concern. present study provides an effective eco-friendly solution to the in Quebec (Canada) by using extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) as bio-flocculant. EPS was produced valorization crude glycerol paper mill sludge bacterial strain (BS-04). Two different types EPS: Slime (S-EPS) Broth (B-E...

A good knowledge of the quality of the satellite soil moisture products is of great importance for their application and improvement. This paper examines the performance of eight satellite-based soil moisture products, including the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) passive Level 3 (L3), the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Centre Aval de Traitement des Données SMOS (CATDS) L3, the Jap...

The supplement to the September 2012 issue of Medical Care [1] focuses on the development and evaluation of new questions, or "item sets," for use with the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys. The supplement is dedicated to the late Chuck Darby, who was a founding father of CAHPS. All 12 articles are freely available at: http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcar...

Edited by Edited by Ellis D. Avner, Former President, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, William E. Harmon from Harvard University, and Patrick Niaudet, Former President of the European Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology (5th edition, LWW, 2004), this internationally focused book offers an overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biology of the pediatric kidney and foc...

The objective was to quantify relationships between sow body condition and subsequent reproduction. Multiparous sows were measured at breeding (n = 1571) farrowing 887) on a commercial farm in eastern North Carolina. Sow measures included: caliper (CS), weight (BW), backfat, longissimus muscle area (LMA) visual score (BCS). production traits were: number born alive (NBA), litter birth (LBW), we...