Asian - Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences back issues from February 2009:
Cloning of chicken microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1 gene (MGST1) and identification of its different splice variants.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Microsomal glutathione transferase 1 (MGST1) is a representative of the superfamily of membrane proteins, which are termed membrane-associated proteins in eicosanoid and glutathione metabolism (MAPEG). The different MAPEG members display distinct or overlapping ...
Number of calves produced at specified age as a measure of reproductive performance in beef cattle under artificially-inseminated breeding scheme.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Reducing production costs is of primary importance for all livestock producers. It is receiving increased attention from beef cattle producers because of recent remarkable rises in production costs, especially in crude oil and feed crops. The reduction may be ...
Production of bovine nuclear transfer embryos using fibroblasts transfected with single-chain human follicle-stimulating hormone gene.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Genetically-modified animals have important implications for agriculture and human medicine. A number of methods have been developed to introduce genetic material into the animal genome. Direct microinjection of recombinant DNA into the pronucleus of a zygote has ...
The effect of cryopreservation on the mouse embryos at various-pronuclear stages.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Since the first report on the production of first offspring (Whittngham et al., 1972) from the mammalian cryopreserved embryo transfer, the studies are continuously carrying out to optimize the condition for freezing and thawing and also various mammalians are ...
Effects of [Ca.sup.2+] and HC[O.sub.3.sup.-] on capacitation, hyperactivation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in guinea pig spermatozoa.(calcium and bicarbonate)(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Sperm capacitation in mammals has been showed to correlate with a series of changes including alterations in membrane fluidity (Harrison and Miller, 2000), cAMP concentration (Visconti et al., 1997, 1998), activation of PKA (Lefiever et al., 2002), acquisition of a ...
Isolation and in vitro culture of pig spermatogonial stem cell.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Spermatogonial stem cells (SSC) are small self-renewing subpopulation of type A spermatogonia found in the basal compartment of seminiferous tubules. They form the foundation of spermatogenesis and are required for the continuous production of sperm through a ...
Effects of donor cell passage, size and type on development of porcine embryos derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The birth of cloned piglets by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) was reported in 2000 (Betthauser et al., 2000; Onishi et al., 2000; Polejaeva et al., 2000). However, in the pig, the viability of SCNT embryos is poor, with an extremely low rate of cloned piglet ...
Effects of Cordyceps militaris mycelia on in vitro rumen microbial fermentation.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Cordyceps species are medical fungi well known for their pharmacological actions such as immunomodulatory (Koh et al., 2002; Yu et al., 2003), anti-inflammatory (Yu et al., 2004a, b), antitumor (Nakamura et al., 1999), antifungal (Kneifel et al., 1977) and ...
Bermuda grass hay or sorghum silage with or without yeast addition on performance and carcass characteristics of crossbred young bulls finished in feedlot.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Brazil has the largest commercial cattle herd in the world, with approximately 159 million animals and a production of approximately 8.2 million tons of carcass each year (Anualpec, 2007). From this total, about 30% (2.4 million tons) is exported to several ...
Application of a simulation model for dairy cattle production systems integrated with forage crop production: the effects of whole crop rice silage utilization on nutrient balances and profitability.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Rice is a staple food for the Japanese and other Asians and plays an integral role in the socio-economy and culture of Asian countries (Islam et al., 2004). In addition, paddy fields have played many functions, including retaining the groundwater level, controlling ...
Intake, digestibility in vivo, N utilization and in sacco dry matter degradability of grass silage harvested at three stages of maturity.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Grass silage (GS) is the primary form of conserved forage for winter-feeding of ruminants in Europe. It varies greatly in terms of chemical and biological composition due to the impact of factors such as the maturity stage at harvesting, sward botanical composition, ...
The effects of fasting and grazing on Na-glucose cotransporter-1 (SGLT-1) gene expression of rectal epithelia in beef cattle.(sodium dependent glucose transporter-1)(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Glucose is a very important energy source for mammals. Sodium dependent glucose transporter-1 (SGLT-1) is a carrier protein encoded by the solute carrier family 5 member 1 (SLC5A1) gene. SGLT-1 is a high affinity transporter for glucose uptake in the ...
Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) phlorotannins and terrestrial tannins.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Food-borne illnesses caused by enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, in particular serotype O157:H7 (Wells et al., 1995; Paton and Paton, 1998; Bower, 1999), are a significant health concern in North America, with associated health care costs estimated at over USD ...
Chinese medicine granule affects the absorption and transport of glucose in porcine small intestinal brush border membrane vesicles under heat stress.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Heat stress causes a series of physiological and metabolic changes in pigs such as elevated body temperature, panting and respiratory alkalosis, and changed metabolic status elicited by decreased levels of plasma triiodothyronine (Hyun et al., 1998; Huynh et al., ...
Evaluation of coloring potential of Dietzia natronolimnaea biomass as source of canthaxanthin for egg yolk pigmentation.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Egg yolk color is an important criterion for consumer's choice of eggs. The color is used as a tool to assess the quality of eggs. Yolk color is indeed named at third position under egg quality traits (Hernandez and Blanch, 2000a, b). With this regard, ...
Effect of [beta]-glucosidase as a feed supplementary on the growth performance, digestive enzymes and physiology of broilers.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION [beta]-Glucosidase ([beta]-glucoside glucohydrolase; EC3.2.1.21) hydrolyzes alkyl- and aryl-[beta]-glucosides, as well as diglucosides and oligosacharides, to release glucose and an aglycone (Reese, 1977). The enzyme is wildly distributed in microorganisms, animals ...
Effect of wood vinegar on the performance, nutrient digestibility and intestinal microflora in weanling pigs.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Since their discovery, antibiotics have been used as therapeutic and growth-promoting agents and this has lead to improvements in the performance of animals (Doyle, 2001). However, the development of bacterial resistance (Ogawara, 1981; Russell, 1991) and the ...
Effect of thyroid hormone on the gene expression of myostatin in rat skeletal muscle.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Myostatin (MSTN), previously known as growth differentiation factor-8, is a member of the transforming growth factor superfamily, which is predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle throughout life, from the early stages of embryogenesis to late adulthood (McPherron ...
Stability of proteasomes extracted from pressurized, aged skeletal muscles.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The proteasome or multicatalytic proteinase complex (MCP) was first isolated from bovine pituitaries (Orlowski and Wilk, 1981). This enzyme is a high-molecular-mass intracellular proteinase (20S proteasome; 700 kDa) that has a complex subunit composition and ...
Quality of irradiated plain yogurt during storage at different temperatures.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION Yogurt, a sour milk product, is a fermented dairy food originated from the Balkans and the Middle East. Goats', ewes', and cows' milk are used for its manufacture (Teuber, 2000). Yogurt is usually manufactured with or without the addition of some natural ...
Central functions of amino acids for the stress response in chicks.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In addition to functioning as substrates for protein biosynthesis or as an energy source, amino acids also act as physiological messengers in the body. Amino acids may be classified based on the physical and chemical properties of their R groups such as acidic, ...
Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry.(Book review)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry. Robert Blair, University of British Columbia, Canada September 2008, 256 pages, Hardback, ISBN 9781845934064 70.00 [pounds sterling]/US$140.00/110.00 [euro] Published by CAB International I hope this review will provide poultry farmers ...