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Developmental and reproductive characteristics of beef heifers classified by pubertal status at time of first breeding.

Journal of animal science
Data collected for 10 or more years at the West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte, NE ( = 1,104); the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory, Whitman, NE ( = 1,333); and the USDA, ARS, Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Mi...

Association between 4-day vaginal temperature assessment during the dry period and performance in the subsequent lactation of dairy cows during the warm season.

Journal of animal science
The objective of the study was to investigate the relationships between vaginal temperature during the dry-period and health, milk production, and reproduction in the subsequent lactation of cows during the warm season. A total of 105 nonlactating Ho...

Effect of postweaning heifer development system on average daily gain, pregnancy rates, and subsequent feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer.

Journal of animal science
A 3-yr study utilized 300 Angus-based, spring-born heifers to evaluate postweaning heifer development systems on gain, reproductive performance, and feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer. Heifers were blocked by BW and randomly assigned to graze corn ...

Linear growth model analysis of factors affecting boar semen characteristics in Southern China.

Journal of animal science
This study investigated the factors affecting the semen traits of boars in Southern China. A total of 172,408 ejaculates of boars from 9 AI centers were collected from January 2013 to May 2016. A linear growth model was used to analyze the effects of...

Determination of coumarin in seasonal bakery products using QuEChERS and GC-MS.

Die Pharmazie
Cinnamon is a traditional herbal drug, but more importantly, it is used as a flavor compound in the production of foodstuff. Due to the content of significant concentrations of coumarin in Cassia cinnamon, effective control of the coumarin content in...

The antioxidant and phenolic profiles of five green vegetables grown in Southern Nigeria.

Acta scientiarum polonorum. Technologia alimentaria
BACKGROUND: Regular consumption of vegetables has been associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases. The phenolic and free radical scavenging properties of five green vegetables grown in southern Nigeria were determined.

Improving artificial neural network model predictions of daily average PM10 concentrations by applying principle component analysis and implementing seasonal models.

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)
UNLABELLED: This study introduces a seasonal modeling approach in the prediction of daily average PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter<10 μm) levels 1 day ahead based on multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN) forec...

Ambient Temperature Change Increases in Stroke Onset: Analyses Based on the Japanese Regional Metrological Measurements.

Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku zasshi
BACKGROUND: Relationships between various climate factors and stroke have long been a subject of investigation. The present study investigated in a single medical center the effects of periodic temperature changes on the onset of intracerebral hemorr...

Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Italian Single-Center Study.

International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition
BACKGROUND: Hypovitaminosis D is a vitamin deficiency that has been increasing in developed countries; it was also suggested as an emerging risk factor for developing of atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction. The primary source of vitamin D...