The ability to authenticate the feed given to animals from the animal products has become a major challenge for scientists, monitoring bodies and commercial entities alike. This study compared two methods based on the use of the visible reflectance spectrum of the fat to discriminate pasture-fed (P) from stall concentrate-fed (S) lamb carcasses. A total of 307 (143 P and 164 S) Limousine lambs ...

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a complex, multifactorial syndrome and one of the major welfare economical concerns for cattle industry. This 1-year cross-sectional study was aimed at documenting prevalence BRD-related pathogens clinical signs before after long journey identifying possible predisposition factors. Male Limousine beef steers ( n = 169) traveling from France to Italy were heal...

The biological value of fodder is estimated on the basis of its content of particular macroelements (N, P, K, Ca, Mg). Concentration of these components in fodder depends on many factors, mainly on the properties of soil, type of land use and growth phase of crops. The aim of this paper was to estimate the effect of soil properties, land use and species composition of a sward mixture on the con...

The liner of a gas turbine combustor is a very flexible structure that is exposed to the pressure oscillations that occur in the combustor. These pressure oscillations can be of very high amplitude due to thermoacoustic instability, when the fluctuations of the rate of heat release and the acoustic pressure waves amplify each other. The liner structure is a dynamic mechanical system that vibrat...

A potential use of pasture-based systems requires an efficient grazing management strategy. Thanks to the Virtual Fencing (VF) physical fences are replaced by virtual ones and, when animals approach boundaries, they receive a paired stimulus: audio cue followed low electrical pulse if cross over fences. This study aims i) evaluate animal's ability learn, and then respond positively, VF ii) VFs’...

The theme of the city is not main one, but it important for B.-I. Antonych’s lyrics. Author’s reflections on are fragment individual artistic picture world. In view this, article offers an analysis means linguistic and aesthetic representation concept in poetic texts by Antonych. specifics individual-author’s world this thematic segment demonstrated. It emphasized that style has already been su...

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