Water monitoring with hyperspectral techniques

1 - The poor of the world depends directly on water and other natural resources for their livelihoods. Water resources must therefore be managed in a sustainable manner in order to maintain the economic, social and environmental functions and to contribute to the livelihoods of people. 2 - Advancements in sensor technologies and processing algorithms have resulted in technical capabilities that can record and identify Earth surface materials based on the interaction of electromagnetic energy with the molecular structure of the material being sensed. 3 - Non-destructive and operative methodologies (NIR and Raman) will be tested through field surveys and laboratory analysis using Aquaphotomics approach. This approach requires precise measuring and mapping capabilities at field level of key data at a sufficient level of accuracy depending on the availability of equipment that must be also operated at a cost-effective way

Nanotechnology and its applications in food and animal science

Nanotechnology has the potential to manipulate matter at the nanometre scale, creating and assembling substances at a molecular level with new and interesting properties. This has offered opportunities for applications in different sectors. Recently, nanotechnology has received particular attention due to its promising applications in animal nutrition, drugs and nutrients delivery, animal reproduction, disease diagnosis and treatment. In the food sector, nanotechnology is applied to the improvement of food packaging, processing, monitoring and the development of food with new functional properties that can respond to the needs of consumers. This review will focus on the advances of nanotechnology in food sector and animal science with particular attention to animal nutrition. The implications for safety and regulation will be also discussed

Infusione abomasale e asorbimento aminoacidico nella capra.

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Ripercussione delle zoppie sulle performances riproduttive nella bovina da latte

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Fast identification of cyclopiazonic acid in milk by capillary electrophoresis

Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) (Figure 1) is a toxic, indole tetramic acid that was originally isolated from Penicillium cyclopium (Holzapfel, 1968) and subsequentely reported to be produced by numerous species of Penicillium and Aspergillus (Dorner et al., 1985). Natural occurrence of CPA has been reported in a variety of commodities including corn peanuts (Urano et al., 1992), cheese, millet, sunflower, and various feed and feedstuffs (Balachandranand Parthasarathy, 1996). The toxin has also been shown to accumulate in meat and eggs of chickens and the milk of sheep (Dorner et al., 1994) dosed with CPA..

Application of DNA microarray technology in Bos taurus genomic analysis: preliminary results

The most common type of genetic variation is the SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism), a position in the genome at which two alternative bases occur in the population. Although individual SNPs are less informative than the currently used genetic markers, they are more abundant and have greater potential for automation (Conner et al., 1983; Cronin et al., 1996). For this reason genotyping of SNPs will likely be a major part of every genetic investigation, not only in Human but also in livestock specie genetics. Microarray (or “chip”)-based hybridation analysis......