Traditionally applied spontaneous fermentation was compared with the use of starter cultures to initiate fermentation after dry milling and sterilizing at 1210C for 10 minutes. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) populations comprised 80% of the total viable bacteria and remained prominent throughout the fermentations, while number of moulds declined as the fermentation progressed. The fermentation meth...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are the primary microorganisms used to ferment maize-, sorghum- or millet-based foods that are processed in West Africa. Fermentation contributes to desirable changes in taste, flavour, acidity, digestibility and texture in gruels (ogi, baca, dalaki), doughs (agidi, banku, komé) or steam-cooked granulated products (arraw, ciacry, dégué). Similar to other fermented cer...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of physical form of starter and alfalfa hay (AH) provision on growth performance, ruminal fermentation, and blood metabolites of Holstein dairy calves. Forty-four 3d-old Holstein dairy calves with a mean starting BW of 39.9 ± 1.1 kg were used in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. The factors were dietary forage level (0 or 150 g kg-1</sup...

This paper describes a laboratory course at our institute using TMS320C3x and TMS320C4x digital signal processors (DSPs). This laboratory course is intended for graduate students in Electrical Engineering or Telematics. It aims at introducing DSP processors and their special features as well as at demonstrating the advantages of these features, based on different experiments. These experiments ...

AIMS The aim of this study was to determine the proteolytic activities of Staphylococcus xylosus strains on sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins in order to evaluate the suitability of selected strains as starter cultures in the processing of a dry fermented pork sausage. METHODS AND RESULTS The proteolytic activity of 27 strains of Staphylococcus xylosus on sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar pr...

Batches of fromage blanc, a soft white cheese were prepared from whole pasteurized cow’s milk. Processing and formulation methods were used in cheese making to reduce Listeria monocytogenes in artificially contaminated cheese. Treatments implemented included use of additional starter culture in formulation (25% more starter culture than original formulation), use of a higher temperature drainin...

s of papers 37 151 Live performance and meat yield responses of straight-run broilers to progressive concentrations of dietary energy maintained at a constant ME:Protein ratio. M. A. Hidalgo*, W. A. Dozier, III, A. J. Davis, and M. E. Freeman, University of Georgia. According to a popular benchmark reporting service, a diverse array of metabolizable energy values is being used in formulating di...