scholarly journals Evaluation Studies on the Animal Nutrition Research Council Vitamin E Reference Standard in Chickens

1971 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 506-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.L. Marusich ◽  
J.C. Bauernfeind
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Reference Standard ◽  
Nutrition Research

XIV.—Rowett Research Institute

1951 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
D. P. Cuthbertson
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
College Of Agriculture ◽  
The North ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
The University

The Rowett Institute for research on animal nutrition had its origin under a scheme for promoting scientific research in agriculture adopted by the Development Commission in 1911.The Governing Body, which originally consisted of an equal number of members appointed by the Court of the University of Aberdeen and the Governors of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture, was constituted in 1913. Within recent years it has been expanded to include persons nominated by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Agricultural Research Council, and the Medical Research Council. Research work was begun in temporary accommodation in Marischal College in 1914, under the direction of Dr John Boyd Orr—now Lord Boyd-Orr—who continued as Director until his retirement in 1945.

scholarly journals 141 A nutrigenomics approach using RNA sequencing technology to study nutrient-gene interactions in agricultural animals

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Shengfa F Liao ◽  
Shamimul Hasan ◽  
Jean M Feugang
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Rna Sequencing ◽  
Gene Interactions ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Dietary Nutrients ◽  
A Genome

Abstract Animal life essentially is a set of gene expression processes. Thorough understanding of these processes driven by dietary nutrients and other environmental factors can be regarded as a bottom line of modern advanced animal nutrition research for improving animal growth, development, health, production, and reproduction performance. Nutrigenomics, a genome-wide approach using the knowledge and techniques obtained from the disciplines of genomics (including transcriptomics) and molecular biology, is to study the effects of dietary nutrients on cellular gene expression, cellular metabolic responses and, ultimately, the phenotypic changes of a living organism. Transcriptomics can be applied to investigate animal tissue transcriptome at a defined physiological or nutritional state, which provides a holistic view of the intracellular expression of RNA, especially mRNA. As a novel, promising transcriptomics approach, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) technology can monitor all-gene expressions simultaneously in response to dietary intervention. The principle and history of RNA-Seq technology will be briefly reviewed, and the three principal steps of this methodology, including the laboratory analysis of tissue samples, the bioinformatics analysis of the generated sequence data, and the subsequent biological interpretation of the data, will be described. The application of RNA-Seq technology in different areas of animal nutrition research, which include maternal nutrition, feeding strategy and gut microbiota, will be summarized. Lastly, the application of RNA-Seq technology in swine science and nutrition research will also be discussed. In short, to further improve animal feeding or production efficiency, RNA-Seq technology holds a great potential to be employed to explore the new insights into better understanding of nutrient-gene interactions in agricultural animals, and it is expected that the application of this cutting-edge technology in animal nutrition research will continue to grow in the foreseeable future. This research was supported in part by a USDA-NIFA Multistate Project (No. 1007691).

A survey of some in vitro methods used for animal nutrition research and extension work in Europe: the differences between the references and the truth

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 338-340
Author(s):  
C. R. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Crude Protein ◽  
Rumen Fluid ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Concerted Action ◽  
In Vitro Methods ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Extension Work ◽  
Nutritional Needs

As animal nutritionists are generally very cautious about using chemical analysis only for defining nutritional needs for livestock and as in vivo experiments are long, costly and subject to animal welfare legislation, much emphasis is placed on various in vitro analyses which are often regarded as being very informative in the absence of in vivo data. In vitro analyses may be applied to dry- (DMD) and organic-matter (OMD) digestibility and crude protein (CP) degradability (DG) and may involve ‘live’ cultures such as rumen fluid or gastric juices or ‘dead’ extracts containing enzymes. As part of an EU-funded Concerted Action (see Acknowledgements), a survey of the methods adopted for in vitro determinations (in vitro OMD, in vitro DG) for ruminants, pigs and poultry is underway: this paper presents a progress report of the information received to date concerning ruminant methods.The participants in the Concerted Action were asked to provide details of the in vitro methods actually in use in their countries, with particular attention to the methods used by the so-called Feed Information Centres (i.e. Feed Evaluation Units) for routine analyses (i.e. not experimental work). The participants supplied details of modifications and/or references to methods and this information was collated and circulated for checking and comment.

scholarly journals Least-Cost Livestock Production Rations

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Allison ◽  
D. M. Baird
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Programming ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Livestock Species ◽  
Feed Cost ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Working Together

Animal scientists and agricultural economists have been working together to answer the question, “What is the least-cost feed mix for a given set of prices?” In the 1950's sophisticated mathematical programming via computers generated a renewed interest in ration formulation. Since then, animal scientists and agricultural economists have been intrigued with determing least-cost rations for various livestock species. But this research has been devoted to determining the least-cost rations rather than minimizing feed cost per pound of gain or pound of product produced and/or minimizing total cost per pound of gain or product produced. Answering the latter question is a prime goal of animal nutrition research.

Contributions of animal nutrition research in rostock to energetic feed evaluation

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 95-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beyer ◽  
W. Jentsch ◽  
A. Chudy ◽  
P. Junghans ◽  
M. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
Nutrition Research

scholarly journals Effects of Vitamin Forms and Levels on Vitamin Bioavailability and Growth Performance in Piglets

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 4903
Author(s):  
Pan Yang ◽  
Jinbiao Zhao ◽  
Huakai Wang ◽  
Longxian Li ◽  
Yongxi Ma
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Growth Performance ◽  
Research Council ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Relative Bioavailability ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Plasma Vitamin ◽  
Weaned Piglets ◽  
Nursery Pigs ◽  
Two Factors

The objective of this study was to quantify the relative bioavailability of microencapsulated vitamins A and E in nursery pigs and compare the effects of vitamin forms and vitamin levels on the plasma vitamin content and growth performance of weaned piglets. In experiment (Exp.) 1, 12 nursery pigs (fitted with jugular catheters) were supplied at 0 h with non-microencapsulated or microencapsulated vitamin A and E. Blood samples were collected at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 36, 48, and 72 h after feeding to compare the bioavailability of oral vitamins A and E. In Exp. 2, a total of 216 crossbred weaned piglets were assigned to six treatments. This experiment was a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement, with two factors for vitamin forms (non-microencapsulated and microencapsulated) and three factors for vitamin levels (the National Research Council level of vitamins, 75% commercial recommendations of vitamins (CRV) level, and a 100% CVR level). In Exp. 1, the relative bioavailability of microencapsulated vitamin E was significantly greater than that of non-microencapsulated vitamin E. In Exp. 2, the pigs fed diets containing 75% or 100% CRV levels of vitamins increased their growth performance and plasma vitamin concentrations compared to the control group. In conclusion, microencapsulation can improve the bioavailability of vitamins, and supplementation with high levels of vitamins was able to improve the growth performance of the piglets.

The Rowett Research Institute

1952 ◽  
Vol 214 (1119) ◽  
pp. 429-445
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
College Of Agriculture ◽  
The North ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Institute

In 1912 it was provisionally arranged between the Development Commission and the Scottish Education Department that an Institute for Research in Animal Nutrition should be established in Scotland under the supervision of a Joint Committee representing the North of Scotland College of Agriculture and the University of Aberdeen. This Joint Committee was constituted in 1913 and research in animal nutrition was begun in April 1914, when Dr J. B. Orr—now Lord Boyd-Orr, the first official appointed by the Committee—commenced work in temporary accommodation obtained in the Agricultural and Physiological Departments of the University, surely a fitting cradle. Since 1946 the Governing Body has been expanded to include persons nominated by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Agricultural Research Council and the Medical Research Council. Its chairman is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. Under the direction of Orr the work grew, and through the generosity of the late Dr John Quiller Rowett there were erected central buildings thereafter called the Rowett Research Institute, which were opened in 1922. The Duthie Experimental Stock Farm, which extends to over 500 acres, was also made possible through a benefaction to commemorate a world-famous Shorthorn breeder.

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