In this paper, we present a new approach to calculate 2D strain through the registration of the pre- and post-compression (deformation) B-mode image sequences based on an intensity-based non-rigid registration algorithm (INRA). Compared with the most commonly used cross-correlation (CC) method, our approach is not constrained to any particular set of directions, and can overcome displacement es...

Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1287, F–33140 Villenave d’Ornon, France (G.C., G.A.G.); BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33610 Cestas, France (G.C., J.M.T.-R., R.B., S.D.); PIAF, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UCA, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France (E.B., H.C.); Hawkes...

The only known means of effectively separating populations of X and Y bearing sperms is the Beltsville sexing technology. The technology implies that each individual sperm is interrogated for DNA content, measuring the intensity of the fluorescence after staining the spermatozoa with Hoechst 33342. Because there are no data regarding the effect of the staining on stallion sperm, ejaculates were...

In this study, the potential association of PrP genotypes with ewe reproductive traits and lamb growth traits was investigated. Data were included on ewes and lambs of the INRA 401 breed from the Bourges-La Sapinière INRA experimental farm. This breed was chosen because of good breeding (prolificacy and maternal abilities) and carcass qualities, and the large number of available animals with pe...

Emergence of resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the intestinal tract during a 1 successful treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae lung infection in rats. 2 3 Running Title: Intestinal Impact of Fluoroquinolones 4 5 6 Anne-Sylvie Kesteman, Agnès Perrin-Guyomard, Michel Laurentie, Pascal Sanders, 7 Pierre-Louis Toutain and Alain Bousquet-Mélou 8 9 1 UMR181 Physiopathologie et Toxicologie Expérimental...

Barbier 1,2 , C. André Lévesque 3 and Patrice Rey 2,4* 3 4 Université Européenne de Bretagne, France 1 ; 5 Université de Brest, EA3882 Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie 6 Microbienne, IFR148 ScInBioS, ESMISAB, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, 7 France 2 ; 8 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, 960 9 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON ...

Génétique des Micro-organismes, Institut de Botanique, Boulevard du Rectorat, 27, 4000 Liège, Belgium (HH, JRM) University of Primorska, Science and Research Centre of Koper, Garibaldijeva 1, 6000 Koper, Slovenia (BK) Dipartimento Biologia Animale, Via Archirafi, 18-90123 Palermo, Italy (MS) Museu de Granollers–Ciències Naturals C/Francesc Macià, 51 08402 Granollers, Spain (AR) INRA, UMR CBGP (...

INRA, UMR85 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, 8 UMR6175, Université de Tours, Haras Nationaux; F-37380 Nouzilly, France 2 CNRS UMR6061 Université de Rennes 1, Institut de Génétique et Développement de 10 Rennes, IFR140, 2 avenue du Pr Leon Bernard, F-35043 Rennes, France 3 Cell Cycle Group, Electron microscopy department, A.N. Belozersky Institute, 12 Moscow State Unive...