Variations in moisture and substrate in preharvest corn kernels and cottonseed were linked with the ability of Aspergillus parasiticus to infect the seed and produce aflatoxin. Osmotic pressures and moisture content (MC) levels of developing starch-rich corn kernels and lipid-rich cottonseed were determined. For in vivo studies, corn kernels and cottonseed were inoculated with A. parasiticus co...

Two completely random digestion trials were conducted, each with 12 beef steers (325 kg initial weight), to measure changes in digestibilities of fat and of forage components when fat was added to diets containing 62 to 76% wheat straw. Trial 1 diets contained either no added fat or 6.3% added fat from whole cottonseed (30% of the diet), cottonseed oil or animal fat; diets were formulated to co...

digestibility coefficient of whole cottonseed was determined by in vivo method and total collection feces. the whole cottonseed degradability was determined by nylon bag method. a number of 12 holstein bulls were used in a complete randomized design. the rations contained zero (control), seven, 14 and 21 percentages of whole cottonseed. during the experimental period, daily gain, dry matter int...

infertility is a relatively common problem among couples, and gossypol, a yellowishpigment detected in cottonseed, is one cause.adult nmri mice (25-35 gr) were used in this study. the animals were kept in standard conditionswith a dark and light cycle of 12:12, controlled humidity and temperature, food and water were availableadlibitium.gossypol was dissolved in ethanol and diluted by sunflower...

Three feeding trials were conducted to evaluate low-gossypol cottonseed flour as a replacement for fish meal in the diet of black sea bass and southern flounder raised in RAS. In experiment 1, diets were formulated to replace 0, 50, 75 and 100% menhaden fish meal protein (FMP) by glandless cottonseed flour protein (GCP) and solvent-extracted cottonseed flour protein (SCP), and to replace 100% F...

Effects of percentage of roughage on growth, serum urea N, NEFA, and IGF-1 concentrations and wool, carcass, and fatty acid (FA) characteristics were investigated in Rambouillet wether lambs (n = 33). Lambs were individually fed ad libitum pelleted diets for 98 d containing 40% dried distillers grains and other ingredients, with 10% (CSH10), 20% (CSH20), or 30% (CSH30) cottonseed hulls replacin...

Two cottonseed oil biodiesel samples (cottonseed oil methyl esters, COME) produced in Clemson lab, together with other two commercial cottonseed oil biodiesels were evaluated on their engine performance with the No. 2 diesel fuel as a reference. The results revealed that emission of CO, CO2 and NOx from cottonseed oil biodiesels was lower than that of the No. 2 diesel fuel. CO decreased by 13.8...

the effect of feeding fermented cottonseed meal on performance, carcass characteristics and blood serum lipid profile was studied in a completely randomized design with five treatments, five replicates and 12 birds per replication using 300 male ross 308 broiler chicks. raw cottonseed meal was fermented with a liquid mixed culture containing bacillus subtilis, aspergillus niger and aspergillus ...

Effect of free gossypol present in the cottonseed cakes was investigated using 12, Nili-Ravi dairy buffaloes randomly assigned to two equal groups i.e., A and B. Buffaloes in group. A were fed control ration and buffaloes in group B were fed cottonseed cake ration containing 5.88g free gossypol. Non­ significant differences were found between control and treated buffaloes in respect of occurren...

Our objectives were to examine the effects of added fat in late-gestation cow diets on neonatal response to cold. In Exp. 1, pregnant fall-calving heifers received control (n = 5), safflower seed (n = 5), or whole cottonseed (n = 5) diets. The hay-based, isonitrogenous, and isocaloric diets, fed for 47 d prepartum, contained 1.5, 4.0, and 5.0% fat for control, safflower, and whole cottonseed di...