Bacitracin is an antibiotic used in rabbit husbandry to control microbial digestive pathologies. Collateral effects on absorption and mucosal development have been reported and these may impact on protein metabolism. This ...

We examined the polymorphism of the lysyl oxidase (LOX) locus, involved in the initiation of muscle collagen cross-linking, in three populations of Atlantic salmon with different life histories and growth rates and compared ...

Dry matter yields of two energy grass crop species grown on low productivity arable crop land in South East England were significantly increased by application of nitrogen fertiliser (switchgrass, yield increase of 34% ...

An experiment was started in 1990 to study the effects of reducing input of major nutrients on the long-term sustainability of production from permanent pasture. Four treatments were imposed on a 25-year old pasture dominated ...

An in vitro gas production technique, where equine faeces was the source of microbial inoculum, was used to determine the effect of particle size (ground vs. unground) on the in vitro fermentation of high-temperature dried ...