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Impacts Of A Manure Composting Program On Stream Water Quality, A. Bekele, A. M.S. Mcfarland, A. J. Whisenant
Impacts Of A Manure Composting Program On Stream Water Quality, A. Bekele, A. M.S. Mcfarland, A. J. Whisenant
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In February 2001, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) adopted a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) along the North Bosque River. Within this TMDL, dairy waste application fields were identified as the major nonpoint-source contribution of nutrients. In September 2000, a manure composting program was initiated that resulted in about 500,000 metric tons of dairy manure being hauled to composting facilities and exported from the watershed through December 2004. To evaluate the impact of the manure composting program on stream water quality, storm event mean concentrations of nutrients and total suspended solids were compared …
Intestinal Microbial Ecology Of Broilers Vaccinated And Challenged With Mixed Eimeria Species, And Supplemented With Essential Oil Blends, E. O. Oviedo Rondon, M. E. Hume, C. Hernandez, S. Clemente-Hernandez
Intestinal Microbial Ecology Of Broilers Vaccinated And Challenged With Mixed Eimeria Species, And Supplemented With Essential Oil Blends, E. O. Oviedo Rondon, M. E. Hume, C. Hernandez, S. Clemente-Hernandez
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Intestinal microbiota is an important component in the development of defense mechanisms in the gut mucosa. This project determined the dynamics of intestinal microbial communities (MC) of broilers vaccinated at first day of age with live oocysts of Eimeria species and fed diets supplemented with 2 specific essential oil (EO) blends, Crina Poultry (CP) and Crina Alternate (CA). Five treatments were analyzed: 1) unmedicated-uninfected (UU) control; 2) unmedicated-infected (UI) control; 3) vaccinated with Advent cocci-vaccine and without feed additive (COV) supplements; 4) vaccinated with Advent and supplemented with CP; and 5) vaccinated with Advent and supplemented with CA. The EO …
Effects Of Feed Additives And Mixed Eimeria Species Infection On Intestinal Microbial Ecology Of Broilers, M. E. Hume, S. Clemente-Hernandez, E. O. Oviedo Rondon
Effects Of Feed Additives And Mixed Eimeria Species Infection On Intestinal Microbial Ecology Of Broilers, M. E. Hume, S. Clemente-Hernandez, E. O. Oviedo Rondon
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Evaluation of digestive microbial ecology is necessary to understand effects of growth-promoting feed. In the current study, the dynamics of intestinal microbial communities (MC) were examined in broilers fed diets supplemented with a combination of antibiotic (bacitracin methylene disalicylate) and ionophore (Coban 60), and diets containing 1 of 2 essential oil (EO) blends, Crina Poultry (CP) and Crina Alternate (CA). Five treatments were analyzed: 1) unmedicated uninfected control; 2) unmedicated infected control; 3) feed additives monensin (bacitracin methylene disalicylate) + monensin (Coban 60; AI); 4) EO blend CP; and 5) EO blend CA. Additives were mixed into a basal feed …