The co-firing of solid biofuels in coal plants is an attractive and fast-track means cutting emissions but its potential linked to biomass densification. For torrefied materials this topic under-represented literature. This pilot-scale (121–203 kg h−1) pelleting study generated detailed knowledge on the densification compared untreated biomass. Four feedstock with high supply availability (beec...

Ronozyme PTM CT (RCT), a phytase, was developed for improved heat stability for pelleted feeds to avoid the need for liquid phytase application. The patented, thin lipid coating of the beadlet reduces enzyme exposure to moisture, one of the two major destabilizing factors for phytase during pelleting. Retention tests were completed in 12 randomly chosen integrated U.S. poultry commercial feedmi...

Thirty-five isolates from pig feces were identified as Lactobacillus reuteri (12 strains), Lactobacillus mucosae (7), Lactobacillus plantarum (6), Lactobacillus kitasatonis (3), Lactobacillus rossiae (2), Lactobacillus ultunensis (2), Lactobacillus crispatus (2), and Lactobacillus intestinalis (1) by partial sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA. All isolates were detected at 8-9 log CFU g(-1). Pre...

The performance of a pellet plant depends highly on the feedstock quality and pretreatment. usual difficulties in operation increase when wooden raw material is infested with pests varmints. For past years, we have been experiencing an infections larger broader scale. This means, more forests are dramatic losses. Infested wood useless to timber industry needs be removed from woods prevent furth...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of feed particle size and feed form on growth performance, nutrient metabolizability and intestinal morphology in broiler chickens. This experiment was a 2×2 factorial arrangement including two feed particle sizes (fine and coarse) and two feed forms (mash and pellet). A total of two hundred and eighty eight day-old male Arbor Acre broilers wer...

1. Three experiments were conducted to investigate the relationships between blood pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate: carbon dioxide ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.4.1.1; PC) activity, growth performance and dietary biotin level in broilers under different husbandry conditions. Blood PC activity was also used to gain information on the ingestion of biotin faecal origin by birds housed on wood shavings...

OBJECTIVES To determine the mechanism of cardioprotection afforded by nicorandil, an orally efficacious antianginal drug, we examined its effects on ATP-dependent potassium (K(ATP)) channels. BACKGROUND Nicorandil can mimic ischemic preconditioning, while mitochondrial K(ATP) (mitoK(ATP)) channels rather than sarcolemmal K(ATP) (surfaceK(ATP)) channels have emerged as the likely effectors. ...