In this paper, the discrete element method (DEM) approach has been applied to study mechanical behaviors of ceramic breeder ebble beds. Directly simulating the contact state of each individual particle by the physically based interaction laws, the DEM umerical program is capable of predicting the mechanical behaviors of non-standard packing structures. The program can also rovide the data to tr...

Sera samples from 89 dairy cows with repeat breeder and 94 healthy pregnant dairy cows (controls) from Elazig province of eastern Turkey were tested for presence of Neospora caninum antibodies by use of a competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA). Fifteen out of 183 cows tested (8.19%) were found to be seropositive to N. caninum antibody. Overall, seroprevalence of N. caninum was s...

In recent years, the Philippines have seen a robust swine industry, with record high farm gate price per kg of live hogs. This augurs well for swine raisers considering the eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease as well as the absence of major disease outbreaks. The improved housing which resulted in the proliferation of tunnel ventilated houses was one of the contributory factors for such a phe...

It is well documented that aging has negative effects on fertility. With increasing age, the activity of antioxidant enzymes are reduced and because of roosters sperm composition, a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), the probability of sperm damage increases. The objective of the present study was to compare the effects of nano-selenium and sodium selenite on fertility in a...

Mass, (lo6 g) Volume, (m3) Thickness, (cm) T. Gen. Rate, (g/day) Abstract: This paper presents quantitative predict,ions for the tritium release and inventory in a water-cooled solid breeder blanket for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) obtained from the tritium transport code MISTRAL [l] recently developed at UCLA. The blanket consists of a layout assembly of solid br...

The common carotid arteries of normotensive non-arteriosclerotic Sprague-Dawley (S-D) rats, mildly hypertensive but arteriosclerotic breeder S-D rats, severely hypertensive but non-arteriosclerotic virgin spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and severely hypertensive breeder SHR were ligated to induce injury. Three weeks post-ligation, the animals were killed and histopathological sections of...

A testing strategy and corresponding test plan have been presented for the two proposed US candidate breeder blankets: (1) a helium-cooled solid breeder concept with ferritic steel structure and Be neutron multiplier, but without a fully independent TBM and (2) a dual-coolant helium-cooled ferritic steel structure with self-cooled LiPb breeding zone that uses a flow channel insert as MHD and th...

A major current problem in public health is the issue of antimicrobial resistance Escherichia coli humans and poultry. In Indonesia, multidrug-resistant E. are specific concern since such may cause problems humans. The prevalence chicken strains genes, which tet(A) tet(B) were investigated present study. total 57 swabs collected from layer broiler breeder farms West Java, used experiment. Eight...

A 5-month-old castrated male Sphynx kitten presented with left hindlimb lameness shortly after adoption. Prior to adoption, the breeder had fed the kitten an exclusively raw chicken diet. Radiographs revealed generalized osteopenia and a left tibia-fibula fracture. Ophthalmic examination revealed corneal vascularization and opacity in the right eye, and lesions suggestive of feline central reti...