Retention by sheep of copper from aerobic digests of pig faecal slurry

1975 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Dalgarno ◽  
C. F. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Copper Content ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Hepatic Copper ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Plasma Copper ◽  
Rate Of Recovery ◽  
Cupric Sulphate ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Maximum Content

SUMMARYDried grass originating from a farm on which herbage had been repeatedly dressed with faecal slurry from pigs given diets containing 250 mg copper/kg had a very variable, but frequently high content of copper. A maximum content of 70 mg Cu/kg dry matter was found. The mean copper content of growing herbage sampled subsequent to this finding was 10·5 mg/kg, while residues of slurry on the soil surface contained 805 mg Cu/kg.In an experiment involving three groups of eight sheep the utilization and hepatic retention of copper from the solid residues of an aerobic digest of high-copper faecal slurry from pigs was investigated. When these residues constituted 1 or 2% of the dietary dry-matter intake of copper-deficient sheep, rapid increases in plasma copper content, in plasma ferroxidase I activity and in hepatic copper content occurred. Thus copper from this source was readily utilized and retained.The utilization of copper added to the diet as cupric sulphate was compared with that of copper from dried slurry solids in an experiment with two groups of four sheep. Although the rate of recovery of plasma copper and ferroxidase I activity tended to be slower in sheep given slurry solids this difference was not statistically significant. A significantly slower rate of increase in hepatic copper content resulted from the ingestion of slurry solids.The significance of these findings is discussed with particular respect to the inadvertent ingestion of residues from the soil surface of pastures dressed with slurry and from the variable inclusion of such residues in herbage uplifted during forage harvesting.

The long-term accumulation and depletion of copper in the liver of different breeds of sheep fed diets of differing copper content

1983 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Woolliams ◽  
N. F. Suttle ◽  
G. Wiener ◽  
A. C. Field ◽  
C. Woolliams
Keyword(s):  
Copper Content ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Breed Differences ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Period ◽  
Mean Concentration ◽  
Period Measurement

SUMMARYChanges in Cu concentration in the livers of adult Scottish Blackface (B), Welsh Mountain (W) and B × W ewes fed diets containing 4, 9, 17 and 29 mg Cu/kg D.M. were measured over a 28-week period. Measurement continued during two further periods of 18 weeks when first all sheep were fed the diet containing 4 mg Cu/kg D.M. and finally, when 4 mg Mo/kg D.M. was added to this diet.During the first period the increase on all diets was least in B ewes and, apart from the 4 mg Cu/kg D.M. diet, greatest in W ewes; this difference increased as the Cu in the diet increased. The rate of increase for all ewes diminished towards the end of the period. All breed types retained proportionately less Cu in their livers as the Cu in the diet increased; at one extreme B ewes fed 17 or 29 mg Cu/kg D.M. retained equal amounts.When during the second period all sheep were fed the 4 mg Cu/kg D.M. diet the Cu concentration in their livers decreased, the rate of decrease being greatest for ewes whose mean concentration in the liver was highest, but at similar concentrations the decrease was greater in B than W ewes. During the final period the decrease was faster and was again associated with the mean Cu concentration, but the decrease was not significantly affected by breed.Throughout the trial, W ewes had the highest concentration of Cu in their plasma, whilst B ewes and ewes fed the 4 mg Cu/kg D.M. diet throughout had the lowest concentrations both in plasma and in their kidneys at slaughter.The results show that breeds differ in their ability to retain Cu from the diet in their livers. The magnitude of these differences depends on the intake of Cu and Mo from the diet and is affected by the concentration of Cu in the liver. Breed differences in the absorption and endogenous loss of Cu are suggested.

Diet mixing in an aquatic carnivore, the harbour seal

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 851-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J Trumble ◽  
Michael A Castellini
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Pacific Herring ◽  
Mixed Diet ◽  
Feeding Frequency ◽  
Digestible Energy ◽  
Diet Mixing ◽  
Walleye Pollock Theragra Chalcogramma ◽  
Harbour Seals ◽  
The Mean

To determine the effects of diet mixing on digestive performance, harbour seals (Phoca vitulina L., 1758) were offered either pure diets of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847) or walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814)) or a 1:1 mix of herring and pollock. Regardless of diet, retention time decreased approximately 40% as intake quadrupled. The mean apparent digestible dry matter (ADDM) was greatest on mixed diets during low feeding frequency trials; ADDM during high feeding frequency trials was significantly reduced as intake increased for animals on the single-species (pollock or herring) diets. As intake increased, up to 45% more digestible energy was assimilated from the mixed diet than from either single-species diet. The findings of this study suggest that a mixed diet consisting of prey differing in lipid and protein amounts increased digestible energy intake in harbour seals. Our measures of intake and ADDM in harbour seals revealed digestive flexibility and indicated that digestion in harbour seals was more efficient on a mixed diet.

Methane emissions from young and mature dairy cattle

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1897 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Ramírez-Restrepo ◽  
H. Clark ◽  
S. Muetzel
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Emission Factor ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Sulfur Hexafluoride ◽  
Dry Matter Intake ◽  
Tracer Technique ◽  
Ch4 Emissions ◽  
Dairy Heifers ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Mean

Daily methane (CH4) emissions (g) and CH4 yield (g/kg dry matter intake) were measured from 10 dairy heifers (<1 year old) and nine rumen-fistulated cows (>6 years old) fed ryegrass (Lolium perenne) chaffage indoors. The CH4 emissions were estimated using the sulfur hexafluoride tracer technique in four ~5-day periods beginning in June 2008 and repeated 4, 6 and 7 months later. Respiratory chambers were used in four ~13-day periods beginning in November 2008 and repeated 2, 5 and 6 months later. Third and fourth sulfur hexafluoride tracer periods overlapped with the first and second chamber measurement periods, respectively. Averaged over the four measurement periods the CH4 yields determined using both techniques were similar for heifers and cows. The mean CH4 yield estimated by the sulfur hexafluoride tracer technique was 25.3 ± 0.52 for heifers and 24.1 ± 0.55 for mature cows, whereas the mean CH4 yield measured in respiratory chambers was 23.7 ± 0.66 for heifers and 23.6 ± 0.66 for mature cows. Averaged over the eight measurements irrespective of technique, CH4 yields for heifers (24.5 ± 0.42) and cows (23.8 ± 0.43) were similar. There was also no difference between CH4 methods for assessing CH4 yield during the overlapping measurement periods. It was concluded that no consistent differences in CH4 yield existed between heifers and mature cows. Therefore, we do not recommend adoption of an age-related emission factor for cattle in the national inventory calculations for New Zealand.

THE EFFECT OF INGESTED CHLORTETRACYCLINE ON SOME HYDROLASES AND ORGANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS IN GROWING PIGS: II. PROTEASE, AMYLASE, AND GELLULASE ACTIVITY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE AND OF THE CECUM; WEIGHTS OF SMALL INTESTINE AND MUCOSA

1957 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. A. Vonk ◽  
L. W. McElroy ◽  
R. T. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Cellulase Activity ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Weanling Pigs ◽  
Intestinal Contents ◽  
Wet Weight ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ad Libitum

Four treatments, involving differences in method of feeding and interval between last feed and slaughter, were employed in a study of the effect of dietary chlortetracycline on protease, amylase, and cellulase activity in the intestinal and cecal contents of 16 pairs of weanling pigs. Most consistent results were obtained with six pairs which were limited pair-fed except for the final feeding during which feed was available ad libitum for a 4-hour period ending 18 hours before slaughter. The mean total activities of all three hydrolases in the contents of the small intestines and of the ceca of the antibiotic-fed animals of these six pairs were significantly greater than in those of the control animals. Expressed as activity per gram dry matter of intestinal contents, significantly higher values for protease and amylase, but not for cellulase, were observed in the pigs that had received chlortetracycline. When the combined results obtained from all 16 pairs of the experimental animals were analyzed, the results showed that on a basis of activity per gram dry matter of intestinal contents, ingested chlortetracycline was associated with significant increases in amylase and cellulase but not in protease activity. Protease, amylase, and cellulase activities per gram dry matter of cecal contents were higher for pigs fed the antibiotic than for their controls. The mean wet weight of the empty small intestine and the mean dry weight of the mucosa scraped from the anterior 3-meter section of the small intestine were lower for the chlortetracycline-fed animals, but the differences were not statistically significant.

scholarly journals Effects of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam on the development and reproduction of the soybean aphid Aphis glycines

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0250311
Author(s):  
Aonan Zhang ◽  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Zhenghao Shi ◽  
Tianying Liu ◽  
Lanlan Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Reproductive Rate ◽  
Soybean Aphid ◽  
Aphis Glycines ◽  
Intrinsic Rate Of Increase ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Net Reproductive Rate ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
The Mean

The soybean aphid Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a primary pest of soybeans and poses a serious threat to soybean production. Our studies were conducted to understand the effects of different concentrations of insecticides (imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) on A. glycines and provided critical information for its effective management. Here, we found that the mean generation time and adult and total pre-nymphiposition periods of the LC50 imidacloprid- and thiamethoxam-treatment groups were significantly longer than those of the control group, although the adult pre-nymphiposition period in LC30 imidacloprid and thiamethoxam treatment groups was significantly shorter than that of the control group. Additionally, the mean fecundity per female adult, net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, and finite rate of increase of the LC30 imidacloprid-treatment group were significantly lower than those of the control group and higher than those of the LC50 imidacloprid-treatment group (P < 0.05). Moreover, both insecticides exerted stress effects on A. glycines, and specimens treated with the two insecticides at the LC50 showed a significant decrease in their growth rates relative to those treated with the insecticides at LC30. These results provide a reference for exploring the effects of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam on A. glycines population dynamics in the field and offer insight to agricultural producers on the potential of low-lethal concentrations of insecticides to stimulate insect reproduction during insecticide application.

scholarly journals Biology and life-table of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) athenas (Acari: Phytoseiidae) fed with the Old World Date Mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Acarologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Samah Ben Chaaban ◽  
Brahim Chermiti ◽  
Serge Kreiter
Keyword(s):  
Life Table ◽  
Intrinsic Rate ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Reproductive Rate ◽  
Intrinsic Rate Of Increase ◽  
Net Reproductive Rate ◽  
Old World ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mean

The old world date mite Oligonychus afrasiaticus is an important spider mite pest of the date palms Phoenix dactylifera L. mostly in North Africa and the Middle East. A population of the predaceous mite Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) athenas has been recently found in Tunisia in association with a decrease of O. afrasiaticus densities. The objective of this paper was to assess the development and reproduction abilities of T. ( A.) athenas on O. afrasiaticus under laboratory conditions at two temperatures: 27 and 32 °C. The results obtained show that females of T. (A.) athenas develop in 5 days at 27 °C and 4.1 days at 32 °C. The mean fecundity of T. (A.) athenas was 32.1 and 23.2 eggs per female at 27 and 32 °C, respectively. Life table parameters were stimated: the net reproductive rate (Ro) 27.9 and 17.9 eggs/female, the intrinsic rate of increase (rm) 0.322 and 0,344 female/female/day and the mean generation time (T) 10.3 and 8.4 days at 27 and 32 °C, respectively. At both temperatures tested, T. (A.) athenas intrinsic rate of increase was greater than that of O. afrasiaticus (rm = 0.213 at 32 °C,against rm = 0.166 day1 at 27 °C). Typhlodromus (A.) athenas would be able to develop at a wide range of temperatures feeding on O. afrasiaticus and seems to be able to potentially control it.

scholarly journals PRODUÇÃO DE MATÉRIA SECA E EVAPOTRANSPIRAÇÃO REAL DA AVEIA PRETA (Avena strigosa S.) EM SEIS NÍVEIS FREÁTICOS

Irriga ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Marcos Henrique Sias Silveira ◽  
Antonio Evaldo Klar
Keyword(s):  
Water Level ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Dry Matter Production ◽  
Progressive Decrease ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Water Table Level ◽  
Avena Strigosa ◽  
Matter Production

PRODUÇÃO DE MATÉRIA SECA E EVAPOTRANSPIRAÇÃO REAL DA AVEIA PRETA (Avena strigosa S.) EM SEIS NÍVEIS FREÁTICOS  Marcos Henrique Dias SilveiraAntonio Evaldo KlarDepartamento de Engenharia Rural –  Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas – UnespBotucatu – SP  Cep: 18603-970Fone: (0xx14) 6802-7165 – [email protected]  1  RESUMO Para avaliar os efeitos de seis diferentes níveis freáticos na produção de matéria seca e na evapotranspiração real ou de cultura da aveia preta (Avena strigosa S.) foi conduzido um experimento em casa de vegetação, no Departamento de Engenharia Rural da FCA - Campus de Botucatu - UNESP.  Foram semeadas 21 sementes de aveia por vaso, construído de anéis de PVC, com diâmetro nominal de 0,15m x 0,07m de comprimento e alturas totais variando entre 0,21m e 0,91m, de modo a simular os efeitos de níveis freáticos de 0,17m, 0,31m, 0,45m, 0,59m, 0,73m e 0,87m de profundidade.  Após a emergência das plântulas procedeu-se ao desbaste,  deixando-se 8 plantas por vaso, com 06 repetições (seis vasos) para cada nível freático, totalizando 36 vasos em delineamento inteiramente casualizado.  Dados de evapotranspiração real foram coletados diariamente e computados semanalmente.  As plantas foram cortadas rente ao solo ao final da 12.ª semana após a semeadura.  Foram avaliadas as produções de matéria seca da parte aérea e do sistema radicular em cada nível freático.  Os resultados mostraram maior produção de matéria seca para o nível freático mais superficial (0,17m), com queda gradativa à medida que o nível freático se aprofundava. A evapotranspiração da cultura  mostrou a mesma tendência, variando entre 591,6 mm  no tratamento com nível freático a 0,17m de profundidade e 215,4 mm para o de 0,87m de profundidade. UNITERMOS: evapotranspiração, níveis freáticos, aveia preta.  SILVEIRA, M. H. D., KLAR, A. E.  DRY MATTER PRODUCTION AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION OF OAT         ( Avena strigosa S.) UNDER  SEVERAL TABLE LEVELS.  2  ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of six different water table levels on yield and evapotranspiration of oat (Avena strigosa S.) .  21 seeds were sowed  per  pot, which was built with PVC rings (0.15m nominal diameter x 0.07m lenght).  6 water table levels were used: 0.17; 0.31; 0.45; 0.59; 0.73; and 0.87 m measured from the soil surface replicated  6  times.  The completely randomised design was used.  After seedling emergency, 8 plants were maintained  per  pot.  The evapotranspiration were daily measured from reservoirs connected to the pots.  The plants were cut at the soil surface level after 12 weeks from the sowing.The results showed greater dry matter production at the most superficial water table level with progressive decrease with water level distance from the soil surface.  The  evapotranspiration  showed  the  same tendency: the higher values occurred on the 0.17m water table (591.6 mm) until 0.87m water table (215.4 mm). KEYWORDS:  water table, evapotranspiration, Avena strigosa S.

Changes in plasma zinc content after exercise in men fed a low-zinc diet

1984 ◽  
Vol 247 (1) ◽  
pp. E88-E93 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Lukaski ◽  
W. W. Bolonchuk ◽  
L. M. Klevay ◽  
D. B. Milne ◽  
H. H. Sandstead
Keyword(s):  
Copper Content ◽  
Maximal Exercise ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Zinc Content ◽  
Plasma Zinc ◽  
Zinc Depletion ◽  
Plasma Copper ◽  
Zinc Concentrations ◽  
Zinc Repletion ◽  
Zinc Balance

For 30 days five healthy men aged 23-57 yr consumed a diet adequate in zinc (8.6 mg/day); they ate a low-zinc diet (3.6 mg/day) for the next 120 days and then received a zinc-supplemented (33.6 mg/day) diet for 30 days. Copper intake was constant at 1.8 mg/day. Aerobic capacity was determined periodically during each diet period. Relative zinc balance (% of control) declined during depletion (r = -0.28, P less than 0.009). Pre- and postexercise zinc concentrations decreased when dietary zinc was restricted (r = -0.61, P less than 0.0001 and r = -0.78, P less than 0.0001) and increased with supplementation (r = 0.61, P less than 0.008 and r = 0.76, P less than 0.0003, respectively). Both plasma zinc and hematocrit increased (P less than 0.01) after maximal exercise. To minimize the effect of hemoconcentration during exercise, the van Beaumont quotient (J. Appl. Physiol. 34: 102-106, 1973) was calculated using pre- and postexercise hematocrit and plasma zinc. The initial quotient of 1.8 +/- 1.8% (mean +/- SE) declined (P less than 0.05) to -7.4 +/- 2.3% during depletion. With zinc repletion, the quotient increased to 6.9 +/- 3.6%, which was greater (P less than 0.05) than the quotient in depletion but similar to the initial quotient. The quotient was a strong predictor (r = 0.71, P less than 0.0005) of the change in relative zinc balance during zinc depletion. In contrast, no changes were found in plasma copper content. These data suggest that zinc mobilization from tissues is impaired during zinc depletion, and they validate the use of the van Beaumont quotient as an index of change in body zinc stores.

Low hepatic copper content and PNPLA3 polymorphism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients without metabolic syndrome

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 100-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Friedrich Stättermayer ◽  
Stefan Traussnigg ◽  
Elmar Aigner ◽  
Christian Kienbacher ◽  
Ursula Huber-Schönauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Copper Content ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Hepatic Copper ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

First Life Table of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera: Muscidae) From Palearctic Region for Analyzing the Effect on Its Dispersal Ability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Ivorra ◽  
Borja García-Martínez ◽  
Anabel Martínez-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Life Table ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Intrinsic Rate Of Increase ◽  
Dispersal Ability ◽  
Adult Longevity ◽  
Reproduction Rate ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
The Mean

Abstract To better understand the population dynamics and dispersal ability of insect species, it is often helpful to derive a life table containing fundamental demographic data. The aim of this study was to determine a life table for the predatory necrophagous species Synthesiomyia nudiseta (van der Wulp, 1883) on a pig liver diet and under controlled laboratory conditions (29.5 ± 2. 5°C, RH 50 ± 15%, and a photoperiod of 12:12). This species has medical and veterinary importance and its distribution extends in tropical and subtropical areas and now it has been established in the southwestern of Europe. The mean adult longevity was 36. 18 ± 2. 06 d and the net reproduction rate, R, was 27.65 offspring/female, the mean generation time, T, was 22. 09 d, the finite rate of increase, λ, was 1. 16 d−1, and the intrinsic rate of increase, r, was 0. 15 d−1. These results indicate that S. nudiseta cannot be considered an r-strategist as the most common synanthropic necrophagous blowflies due to its predatory behavior; however, its invasive and colonist abilities are discussed. This is the first life table study of this species from Palearctic region to analyze the effect of its dispersal ability.

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