Three independent trials were conducted to determine the effects of high frequency electrical stunning followed by decapitation on broiler breast meat rigor development and meat quality. All birds were stunned and half of the birds were killed using a conventional unilateral neck cut, half were killed by decapitation, and both groups were allowed to bleed for 90 s prior to scalding and picking....

The recent case of a 41-year-old British tourist, whose breast cancer was first suggested by a visit to a popular tourist attraction in Scotland, prompted us to consider how travel may serendipitously yield unforeseen diagnoses. The woman and her family were entertained in the thermal imaging camera room of the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions exhibit in Edinburgh when she noticed that her...

Studies of biomarkers of putative breast carcinogens, such as DNA adducts, have been limited by the difficulty in obtaining representative ductal epithelial cells (DECs) from breast tissue. In this feasibility study, we sought to ascertain if exfoliated DECs in breast milk could be a source of DNA for biomarker studies. Specimens (n = 38) were collected over 24 h from nursing women, and a quest...

Providing broilers diets formulated to a high amino acid density early in life improves subsequent growth performance and meat yield. Diets formulated to high amino acid concentrations beyond 5 wk of age may increase breast meat yield but may not be economically justified. This study examined growth, meat yield, and economic responses of broilers provided diets varying in amino acid density fro...

The present study evaluated the carcass and meat quality traits of three groups Japanese quails. These {i.e. selected for 4-week body-weight group (WBS), egg number (EBS), random-bred control (RBC)}, were consecutive generations from a base population 1125 In total, 2700 four-week-old quails lines (225 birds per generation) slaughtered in total four (G0 to G3). effects selection on generations....

This investigation was carried out to determine the effects of different levels of digestible threonine on growth performance, dressing percentage and breast meat yield of broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty day old chicks were randomly divided into four groups A, B, C and D which were fed on four diets having (CP 21% and ME 2950 Kcal/kg) with four different levels of digestible threonine 0....

For women undergoing breast-conserving surgery, recent reports suggest that in selected cases accelerated partial breast irradiation may yield results equal to that of whole breast irradiation. Over 31 months, 19 patients underwent accelerated partial breast irradiation using the MammoSite as the sole radiation treatment following breast-conserving surgery. Seventeen patients had the MammoSite ...

The Thr needs in 3 commercial broiler strains (A, multipurpose; B, high yield; C, high yield) known to differ in terms of feed intake, growth rate, and breast yield were evaluated. Birds were randomized across 96 floor pens (12 birds/pen), received a common diet from d 1 to 20, and were fed graduations of Thr (0.52 to 0.87% total Thr in 0.07% increments) from d 21 to 42. Treatments (3 x 6 facto...

The aim of this work was to develop a novel (99m)Tc-labelled derivative based on triphenylethylene for breast cancer imaging. (99m)Tc-Clomiphene was obtained with a radiochemical yield of 94.4% by adding (99m)Tc to 1.5 mg Clomiphene citrate in the presence of 10 μg SnCl(2) at pH 7. The optimization of the labeling yield of Clomiphene citrate, with (99m)Tc, is described. The reaction parameters ...