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Notes: The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of ultrasonic treatment on muscle microstructure, breaking strength, cook yield, and protein extractability of ground cured ham rolls. A miniaturized system was designed which subjected ground ham to slow mixing and ultrasonic treatment. The samples were mixed for various times up to 2 hr, then stuffed into stoppered glass tubes for cooking in 80°C water bath. Controls were treated similarly, but without ultrasonic treatment. Results showed that ultrasound caused changes in muscle microstructure, increased breaking strength as measured in g/cm2 on an Instron Universal Testing Machine, decreased cooking loss and increased the extractability of salt-soluble protein. Ultrasound had no effect on the extractability of water-soluble protein.

Notes: A mathematical model which simulates a single-cut forage conservation system is described. It was designed to investigate the effect of machine performance on the nutrient content of conserved forage but its scope is much wider, so that the effects of such aspects as crop growth characteristics, climatic differences and management policy can be assessed. An example of the use of the model to determine the value of chemical additives to high moisture content hay is described in detail. Various uses of the model are discussed and some of its limitations are shown to be caused by a lack of data on factors determining dry matter losses.

Notes: The effects of applying nitrogen at different growth stages to S24 and S23 perennial ryegrass grown for seed were investigated in a series of field experiments from 1971 to 1976. These varieties of ryegrass were found to be insensitive to timing of nitrogen application from apex initiation to the stage when ears first emerged. However, if nitrogen application was delayed until about 30% or more of the ears had emerged, yields were lower compared with earlier applications, this effect being significant when nitrogen was delayed until 70–80% ear emergence because of a decrease in both numbers of fertile tillers and number of seeds per unit area. No advantages were found for splitting nitrogen applications between apex initiation and ear emergence.

Notes: Seventy-three samples of grass and legume herbage of known in vivo digestibility were used to compare an in vitro procedure comprising incubation with pepsin followed by cellulase (Jones and Hayward, 1975) with the Tilley and Terry (1963) procedure using rumen liquor followed by pepsin. The results obtained using the pepsin-cellulase method proved to be highly repeatable. On the basis of the residual standard deviation of the regression of in vivo dry matter digestibility (DMD) on dry matter digested in vitro (g/100 g DM), the pepsin-cellulase method was shown to be only slightly less accurate than the rumen liquor-pepsin method for combinations of both primary growth and regrowth of grasses (r.s.d. ±1.80 and ±1.46 respectively). However, the pepsin-cellulase method was noticeably less accurate than the rumen liquor-pepsin method when used on legume herbages (r.s.d. ±3.17 and ±1.91) or on grass and legume herbages combined (r.s.d. ±3.80 and ±1.60). For the rumen liquor-pepsin method one regression equation predicting DMD having the form, Y= 1.02 X− 0.41, was permissible. For the pepsin-cellulase method separate regression equations were necessary for grasses (species and growth stages combined) having the form, Y = 0.56 X+ 34.7, and for each legume species. It was concluded that the pepsin cellulase method was of value for grass samples, and, within species, for legumes because of its accuracy and precision and its speed and convenience relative to the rumen liquor-pepsin procedure; however, for legume species combined, and presumably for grass-legume mixtures, it was not sufficiently accurate.

Notes: A field design using a decagonal geometric shape is described which enables twenty small plots, each 0.08 ha in size, to be evaluated under communal grazing condilions. The decagonal design was compared with a conventional design using botanical composition and plant density as discriminating parameters. The results showed that communal grazing in the decagonal design gave similar botanical composition and plant density as the conventional design. Since less materials per treatment were used in the decagonal design, it offers a means of minimizing costs in preliminary screening experiments. However, since animal production cannot be monitored under communal grazing the most successful treatments would have to be further evaluated using the conventional approach.

Notes: A root bioassay was used to determine the effect of various soils, and the chloride salts of Fe+++, Fe++, Al +++, Ca ++, K +, and Na+ on the activity of glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine]. Mineral soils significantly reduced the inhibitory effects of glyphosate on root growth. One muck soil inactivated glyphosate, but another muck soil and bentonite clay had little effect. Soils with the greatest inactivation capabilities had high concentrations of weak-acid-extractable iron. Glyphosate inactivation showed no correlation between cation exchange capacity and organic matter of the muck soils. FeCl3, FeCl2 and AlCl3, significantly reduced the activity of glyphosate, and, when allowed to stand in solution, combinations of FeCl3 and glyphosate formed a precipitate. CaCl2, KCl and NaCl did not inactivate glyphosate. Inactivation du glyphosate par divers sols et sels métalliques Un test biologique sur racines a été utilisé pour déterminer l'action de divers sols et de sels chlorés de Fe+++, Fe++, Al++, Ca++, K +, et Na+ sur I'activité du glyphosate N-(phosphono-méthyl) glycine. Les sols minéraux ont réduit significativement les effets inhibiteurs du glyphosate sur la croissance des racines. Un sol organique a inactivé le glyphosate, mais un autre sol organique, ainsi que la bentonite. n'ont eu que peu d'effet. Les sols qui ont présenté les plus grandes possibilités d'inactivation renfermaient des concentrations élevées dc fcr extractible par des acides faibles. II n'a pas été observé, en ce qui concerne l'inactivation du glyphosate, de corrélation entre la capaeité d'échange des cations et la teneure matiére organique des sols organiques. FeCl3, FeCl2, et AlCl3 ont significativement réduit l'activité du glyphosate et, lorsqu'ils ont été mis en présenceen solution, la combinaison de FeCl3 et du glyphosate a provoqué la formation d'un précipité, CaCl2, KCl et NaCl n'ont pas inactivé le glyphosate. Die Inaktivierung von Glyphosat durch verschiedene Böden und Metallsalze Die Wirkung verschiedener Bödden und der Chloride von Fe+++, Fe++, Al+++, Ca++, K+ und Na+ auf die Aktivität von Glyphosat N-(Phosphonomethyl)glycin wurde mit einem Wurzel-Biotest festgestellt. Mineralische Böden verringerten signifkant den Hemmeffekt von Glyphosat auf das Wurzelwachstum. Durch einen der organischen Böden wurde Glyphoat inaktiviert, ein anderer und das Tonmineral Bentonit, wirkten jedoch nur wenig inaktivierend. Böden mit der stärksten Inaktivierungsfähigkeit besassen hohe Konzentrationen an mit schwacher Säure extrahierbarem Eisen. Die Inaktivierung von Glyphosat war nicht mil der Kationen-Austauschkapazität und dem Gehalt der Böden an organischer Substanz korreliert Durch FeCl3, FeCl2 und AlCl3 wurde die Aktivitat von Glyphosat signifikant verringert. Wenn FeCl3 und Glyphosat in Lösung zusammengebracht wurden, bildete sich beim Stehenlassen dieser Kombination ein Niederschlag. CaCl2, KCl und NaCl wirkten auf Glyphosat nicht inaktivierend.

Notes: Three groups of 25 hogs were selected and slaughtered using a vertical drum skinner. Weights were observed on the live animals, skins, feet, warm carcasses, and the trimmed bellies. The extent of belly damage was measured subjectively. Mean values and standard errors for the combined groups were as follows: live wt, 100.91 kg ± 16.82; percent skin (of live wt), 6.91%± 0.24; percent feet (of live wt), 1.59%± 0.01; dressing percentage (warm wt) 69.55%± 0.42; cooler shrinkage (18 hr), 1.16%± 0.64; percent of carcasses with exposed cutaneus trunci muscle, 14.67%± 21.33. Microbial counts on the exterior surface of the hams, bellies and shoulders of 40 skinned and 40 scalded carcasses were determined. Counts were significantly greater over the hams of scalded than skinned carcasses but the shoulders of skinned carcasses had significantly higher counts than those of scalded carcasses. Although the skinning process resulted in significantly less shrinkage than the scalding process, the chilling rates for the deep ham, longissimus muscle and belly were slightly retarded for 17 skinned carcasses (pulled skins) as compared to 17 scalded carcasses. Prediction equations and resultant chilling curves are shown for skinned and scalded carcasses at each of the above three locations.

Notes: A new approach to the production of protein isolates from oilseed flours with industrial ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes previously demonstrated has been further optimized for use with soy flour. The effects on membrane performance of prefiltering the flour extract feed to different degrees and processing the feed at different pH levels were examined. A wide range of industrial membrane systems embodying several configurations was tested. Prefiltration of feed to less than 100μ proved to be unnecessary for most systems. Feed at pH 7.0 processed at high permeation rates and yielded products with NSI values in excess of 90.

Notes: Samples of the tacky exudate formed on meat surfaces as a result of massaging muscle in the presence of salt and/or phosphate were removed at intervals during 24 hr of massaging and observed using a light microscope. Samples without added salt or phosphate showed broken fibers and fragments from fiber disruption. Samples with salt or phosphate showed both solubilized protein and fragments from fiber disruption. Samples with salt and phosphate showed primarily clouds of solubilized protein. Length of massaging enhanced the effects in all samples.

Notes: The granules of egg yolk were disrupted with 1.71M sodium chloride and separated into two floating and three sedimenting fractions on ultracentrifugation. The pellicle (FI) and subpellicle (FII) fractions contained most of the granular low-density material. A minor amount of low-density lipoproteins was trapped physically within the high-density matrix of sedimenting fractions. The subpellicle (FII) was particularly rich in myelin figures (MF) and uniformly-sized granule low-density lipoproteins (LDLg). Ultrafiltration, dextran sulfate-lipoprotein complexing and gel filtration techniques were evaluated for their ability to separate these two FII components in the purified form. Electron microscopy was used to assess fraction purity and the structural integrity of the particles. Sepharose 2B gel filtration was considered the best method of isolation.