A study was designed to collect a database of Iowa feedlot rations for determination of effective neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in complete diets from fiber analysis and particle size determination of individual feed ingredients and compare this with particle size determination of mixed wet rations. Seventy-one beef finishing total mixed rations were collected by ISU Extension Beef Field Specia...

Palm Kernel Oil Residue (PKOR) is a waste product obtained after extracting oil from palm kernel by cottage industries. The residue is dumped at processing sites and the stench that emanates from the oxidizing product, causes nuisance to processors and nearby residents. Animal scientists are advocating the use of the fresh product as energy resource in broiler rations. This study was therefore ...

Purpose. Scientific substantiation and development of theoretical practical approaches to the production structure business processes feed center. Methods. Monographic, dialectical, abstractlogical, analysis synthesis, statistical analysis, correlation-regression graphic display. Results. The state livestock industry in Ukraine has been investigated. Trends market have analyzed. dependence gros...

Feed production is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from dairy production and demands large arable and pasture acreage. This study analysed how regional conditions influence GHG emissions of dairy feed rations in a life cycle perspective, that is the carbon footprint (CF) and the land area required. Factors assessed included regional climate variations, grass/clover silage...

The study was conducted at Haramaya university poultry farm to evaluate the effects of locally processed fish waste meal (FWM) in the diet of white leghorn layers on the performance and hatchability, egg quality, sensory flavor and profitability of the rations. One hundred eighty chickens at five months of age were randomly distributed (15 layers per each 12 pens). The pens were randomly assign...

digestibility coefficient of whole cottonseed was determined by in vivo method and total collection feces. the whole cottonseed degradability was determined by nylon bag method. a number of 12 holstein bulls were used in a complete randomized design. the rations contained zero (control), seven, 14 and 21 percentages of whole cottonseed. during the experimental period, daily gain, dry matter int...

The following study was undertaken in the winter of 1944-5, three months after the liberation of Belgium, in order to determine if permanent illeffects of the occupation were manifest in children reared during the war; to review the measures that had been taken to protect children against the severe deprivations from which the country as a whole had suffered; and to assess how far these measure...

Cottonseed is a rich source of high quality protein, but its value as an animal feed is limited by gossypol, a toxic polyphenolic compound contained in glands located throughout the plant. This compound helps protect the plant from pests. Totally glandless varieties have been developed, but not adopted as these plants are left vulnerable to pests. This study describes a breeding strategy to dec...

In 1926 Osborne and Mendel (1) published a report of some of their experiences in securing in male rats, kept under laboratory conditions, more rapid growth than has hitherto been recorded for this species in the literature with which we are familiar. The conclusion was reached that the favorable outcome of our experiments was not due to selection or marked changes produced in our stock through...

BACKGROUND Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) is increasingly used as a component of food rations for adults with HIV. METHODS We undertook a qualitative study to evaluate the acceptability and use of peanut-based RUSF compared to corn-soy blend (CSB) among adults living with HIV in rural Haiti who had been enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial comparing the impact of those rations....