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D- VS L-methionine utilization by growing steers
Increasing the amino acid supply to the
small intestine of growing cattle can increase
performance, if specific amino acids are
limiting. Although this can be accomplished
by feeding rumen undegradable protein, a
more economical approach may be supplementing
only those amino acids that actually
limit performance, but in a form that will
bypass the rumen. Methionine (MET) is
thought to be a limiting amino acid for
growing cattle. DL-MET, a 50 :50 mixture of
natural methionine (L-MET) and the
unnatural optical isomer (D-MET) is used
widely in monogastric rations. Ruminally
protected DL-methionine is also available for
cattle; however, little information is available
about its utilization by growing steers. We
studied the efficiency of utilization of D- vs
L-MET by growing steers by measuring
nitrogen retention of steers postruminally
supplemented with graded levels of D- or LMET.
Nitrogen retention increased linearly
in response to infusion of both L-MET and
D-MET, with similar responses for the two
isomers. The efficiency of utilization of DMET
relative to L-MET was estimated to be
95.5%. In conclusion, D-MET was similar to
L-MET in increasing nitrogen retention of
growing steers
Flotation therapy for downer cows
Cattle that become recumbent (unable to get up) as the result of calving difficulty, low blood calcium, traumatic injuries, or other disorders are prone to develop subsequent pressure damage of muscles, nerves, and areas of skin. The resulting medical problems that are secondary to prolonged recumbency may be more life-threatening than the initial medical disorder that caused recumbency. Flotation therapy is an effective means of physical therapy for rehabilitation of downer cattle. A description of flotation therapy and data from the first year of use of the flotation tank at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Kansas State University, are presented.; Dairy Day, 1996, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1996
Continuous-culture fermentation as a tool for forage evaluation
Ruminal degradation of organic matter and protein in alfalfa and prairie hay were evaluated in vivo, using cannulated cows, and in vitro, using a continuous-culture fermenter to simulate ruminal fermentation. Estimates of organic matter degradability, microbial N flow per unit feed N input, and efficiency of microbial growth were not different (P\u3e.10) between the in vivo and in vitro systems. However, for both forages, estimates of nitrogen degradability were greater with the in vitro system. Despite the differences between in vivo and in vitro techniques for some variables, continuous-culture fermentation will allow us to compare the effects of dietary treatments on forage digestion and will aid in the formulation of supplements to meet specific nutrient requirements for cattle consuming forage-based diets
Influence of increasing proportion of supplemental nitrogen from urea on intake and fermentation characteristics in beef steers consuming low-quality, tallgrass-prairie forage
Five ruminally and duodenally fistulated
Angus Ă Hereford steers were used to determine
intake and fermentation responses associated
with increasing the proportion of supplemental
degradable intake protein (DIP) provided
by urea. Steers had free access to a dormant,
tallgrass-prairie forage. The supplemental
DIP was provided by sodium caseinate
and (or) urea , at a level that was determined
previously to optimize use of a similar forage.
Supplemental DIP was balanced with corn
starch to provide a final supplement of 40%
crude protein. Percentages of DIP from urea
were: 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%. Supplements
were given intraruminally. Increasing the percentage
of urea as supplemental DIP from urea
did not significantly affect forage DM intake;
however, fermentation characteristics changed
Complete quantum control of exciton qubits bound to isoelectronic centres
In recent years, impressive demonstrations related to quantum information processing have been realized. The scalability of quantum interactions between arbitrary qubits within an array remains however a significant hurdle to the practical realization of a quantum computer. Among the proposed ideas to achieve fully scalable quantum processing, the use of photons is appealing because they can mediate long-range quantum interactions and could serve as buses to build quantum networks. Quantum dots or nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond can be coupled to light, but the former system lacks optical homogeneity while the latter suffers from a low dipole moment, rendering their large-scale interconnection challenging. Here, through the complete quantum control of exciton qubits, we demonstrate that nitrogen isoelectronic centres in GaAs combine both the uniformity and predictability of atomic defects and the dipole moment of semiconductor quantum dots. This establishes isoelectronic centres as a promising platform for quantum information processing
Zero modes of six-dimensional Abelian vortices
We analyze the fluctuations of Nielsen-Olesen vortices arising in the
six-dimensional Abelian-Higgs model. The regular geometry generated by the
defect breaks spontaneously six-dimensional Poincar\'e symmetry leading to a
warped space-time with finite four-dimensional Planck mass. As a consequence,
the zero mode of the spin two fluctuations of the geometry is always localized
but the graviphoton fields, corresponding to spin one metric fluctuations, give
rise to zero modes which are not localized either because of their behaviour at
infinity or because of their behaviour near the core of the vortex. A similar
situation occurs for spin zero fluctuations. Gauge field fluctuations exhibit a
localized zero mode.Comment: 45 pages in Revtex style with 4 figure
Surgical treatment of a complicated distal tibia epiphyseal SalterâHarris type I fracture in a yearling
This article describes the management of a complicated distal epiphyseal SalterâHarris type I fracture of the left tibia in a yearling horse. Closed reduction and internal fixation was attempted in the first surgery using tension band wires. Due to fracture instability 2 weeks after surgery, a fullâlimb transfixation pin cast was applied to the tibia and maintained for 7 weeks to prevent further fracture displacement and to achieve axial alignment. The fullâlimb cast was maintained for a total of 12 weeks, including the time with the transfixation pin cast. Cast sores and tendon laxity resolved without further complications. Ten months after the first surgery, the fracture had radiographically healed, and the horse was sound at the walk and trot in a straight line
Are Paleomagnetic Records From UâChannels Appropriate for Studies of Reversals and Excursions?
Sampling of sediment cores using plastic Uâchannels has made possible the acquisition of detailed records of paleomagnetic secular variation, geomagnetic polarity, environmental magnetic studies, and relative paleointensity over the past several million years. Uâchannel measurements provide the great advantage of rapid measurements of long sediment cores, but the signal resolution is attenuated by the response function of the magnetometer sensors, which therefore restrains the recovery of rapid and largeâamplitude field changes. Here we focus on the suitability of the dynamics of reversals and excursions derived from Uâchannel measurements. We compare successive individual paleomagnetic directions of 1.5 cm Ă 1.5 cm Ă 1.5 cm cubic discrete samples with those of a 1.5âm equivalent Uâchannel sample train obtained by placing the samples adjacent to each other. We use varying excursion and transition lengths and generate transitional directions that resemble those of the most detailed paleomagnetic records. Excursions with opposite polarity directions recorded over less than 7.5 cm are barely detected in Uâchannel measurements. Regarding reversals, Uâchannel measurements smooth the signal of lowâresolution records and generate artificial transitional directions. Despite producing misleading similarities with the overall structure of transition records, longer transitional intervals fail also to reproduce the complexity of field changes. Finally, we test the convolution of magnetization by different response functions. The simulation reveals that even small response function changes can generate significant differences in results. -- Keywords : geomagnetic reversals ; geomagnetic excursions ; paleomagnetic measurements
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