The rumen bacterial strains Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Hl7c, Fibrobacter succinogenes S8S, Lachnospira multiparus 4°, Ruminococcus albus 7 and R. flavefaciens FD-l were compared individually and as a five-species mixture with a rumen inoculum for their ability to degrade lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) stem cell wall polysaccharides. Two maturity stages oflucerne (bud and full flower) were utilized...

Proteins in the intercellular fluid (IF) of healthy Lupinus albus leaves were characterized. Silver staining of the proteins separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed more than 30 polypeptides, with the major ones having a molecular mass lower than 36 kD. After amino-terminal amino acid sequence analysis, one of the major polypeptides, IF4, was shown to hav...

The three plants presented in this study are Amaranthus spinosus, Amaranthus caudatus and Amaranthus viridis L. They belong to the Amaranthaceae family and are traditionally used as vermicides. Our aim was to investigate the anthelmintic activity of the three plants using earthworms (Pheretima posthuma). Methanol extracts of the three plants at different concentrations (10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 ...

Ninety male crossbred pigs were allocated at 30 kg live weight to a 6 5 factorial experiment involving six diets and five levels of feeding where average daily intakes were 1.11, 1.36, 1.67, 1.90 kg and ad libitum between 30 and 60 kg live weight. The control diet contained predominantly animal protein sources, another four diets contained 350 g/kg of either kernels or seeds of either L. angust...