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Do Consumers Who Prefer Gluten-Free Also Prefer Organic?, Tatiana Drugova, Kynda R. Curtis

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This fact sheet summarizes results of an online survey that examined consumer preferences for labels on bread and cookies, focusing on the preferences for organic and gluten-free labels and how they relate to the consumer wheat/gluten intolerance/avoidance.

4-H Career Readiness - Animal, Dairy And Veterinary Sciences, Bioveterinary Science Emphasis, Joshua Dallin, Kelsey Romney

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This brochure gives 4-H members information about preparing for careers in Animal, dairy and veterinary science, with a bioveterinary emphasis.

4-H Career Readiness - Animal, Dairy And Veterinary Sciences, Equine And Management Emphasis, Joshua Dallin, Kelsey Romney

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This brochure gives 4-H members information about preparing for careers in animal, dairy and veterinary science, with equine and management emphasis.

4-H Career Readiness- Animal, Dairy And Veterinary Sciences, Animal And Dairy Science Emphasis, Joshua Dallin, Kelsey Romney

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This brochure gives 4-H members information about preparing for careers in animal and dairy science..

4-H Career Readiness - Agribusiness, Joshua Dallin, Kelsey Romney

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This brochure gives 4-H members information about preparing for careers in agribusiness.

4-H Career Readiness - Animal, Dairy And Veterinary Sciences, Biotechnology Emphasis, Joshua Dallin, Kelsey Romney

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This brochure gives 4-H members information about preparing for careers in Animal, dairy and veterinary science, with a biotechnology emphasis.

Grazing And Harvest Efficiency Of Forage By Cattle On Western Rangelands, Ruger Carter, Eric Thacker, Kevin Heaton, Beth Burritt

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This fact sheet provides guidelines for land managers to reach an appropriate level of utilization that increases animal and rangeland health.

Cattle Grazing For Invasive Phragmites Australis (Common Reed) Management In Northern Utah Wetlands, Brittany L. Duncan, Rich Hansen, Chad Cranney, Jennifer Follstad Shaw, Kari Veblen, Karin M. Kettenring

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This fact sheet provides suggestions for how cattle grazing can be integrated into Phragmites management programs in Northern Utah.

Your Financial Wellness Wheel, Amanda H. Christensen, Elizabeth Vance

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How do we measure financial health? Completing a Financial Wellness Wheel can give you a baseline for your current financial health and give you steps to take to improve or maintain. This fact sheet will explain each category on the Financial Wellness Wheel, teach you how to use it, and suggest ways to take action to improve your score in each section.

Overcoming Feeding Difficulties In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hali Obray, Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, April Litchford, Casey Coombs, Carrie Durward

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This fact sheet discusses different factors that contribute to selective eating in children with ASD and some strategies that may help expand food acceptance. Treatment for feeding problems in children with autism is based on the individual needs and abilities of each child, not all strategies will be successful for every child.

High Tunnels For Earlier Production Of Fall (Primocane) Raspberries, Brent Black, Tiffany Maughan

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This fact sheet describes how using simple, low-cost 2-season tunnels to modify early spring growth moves the production window earlier and may provide an economically viable method for raspberry growers in Utah, especially in areas prone to early fall freezes.

Biosecurity Council Visit To Kununurra August 2019, Biosecurity Council Of Western Australia

Biosecurity published reports

In late 2018, the Biosecurity Council committed to holding regional meetings, possibly annually. The intent of regional meetings are to:

• Engage with local/regional stakeholders on biosecurity matters
• Build networks/relationships with key biosecurity stakeholders
• Provide a conduit to government/agencies for local/regional biosecurity stakeholders.

Council agreed to hold its first regional visit in Kununurra, located in the East Kimberley. The East Kimberley, has a unique set of biosecurity challenges — Kununurra is an important horticulture growing region, there is a large pastoral presence, it adjoins the Northern Territory (NT) border and is in close proximity to Indonesia, it is a hub for …

The Value Of Grazed Corn Residue For Crop And Cattle Producers, Jay Parsons, D. D. Redfearn, Mary E. Drewnoski

Cornhusker Economics

The Western Corn Belt has historically been corn and wheat cropping systems with cattle integrated on nearby grasslands. Recent agricultural production data ranked Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, and North Dakota in the top 10 states for both corn and beef cattle production in the United States. In 2017, these four states had about 20% of the beef cow inventory in the United States with Nebraska alone having 1.9 million beef cows (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2018). Forage-based livestock production is a fundamental component of these agricultural economies. However, a large quantity of grasslands in this region were converted into …

Detection Of Salmonella Typhimurium In Romaine Lettuce Using A Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor, Devendra Bhandari, Fur-Chi Chen, Roger C. Bridgman

Human Sciences Faculty Research

Leafy vegetables have been associated with high-profile outbreaks causing severe illnesses. Timely and accurate identification of potential contamination is essential to ensure food safety. A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay has been developed for the detection of Salmonella Typhimurium in leafy vegetables. The assay utilizes a pair of well characterized monoclonal antibodies specific to the flagellin of S. Typhimurium. Samples of romaine lettuce contaminated with S. Typhimurium at different levels (between 0.9 and 5.9 log cfu/g) were pre-enriched in buffered peptone water. Three SPR assay formats, direct assay, sequential two-step sandwich assay, and pre-incubation one-step sandwich assay were evaluated. All …

Isolation, Purification And Identification Of Antimicrobial Peptides From Ovalbumin, Jiang Yuqing, Chi Yujie

Food and Machinery

The antimicrobial peptides derived from ovalbumin were prepared by Pepsin hydrolysis. High antibacterial components were obtained by ultrafiltration and Superdex peptide 10/300. The antibacterial activity of antibacterial peptides against E.coli and Salmonella was used as an experimental index to screen the best antibacterial component and then conducted the reversed high-efficiency liquid phase chromatographic separation. After measuring the antibacterial activity of the 9 components, it was found that the C3 component had the highest antibacterial activity and the diameters of bacteriostasis circles were (19.32±1.45) and (18.74±1.27) mm, respectively. Then, the structure of antimicrobial peptides was identified by HPLC (electrospray ionization-massspectrometry, HPLC-ESI-MS). …

Preparation And Characterization Of Lutein Loaded In Zein Nanoparticles, Jiao Yan, Han He, Chang Ying, Li Chong, Gao Jianwei

Food and Machinery

The Zein-Lutein nanoparticles were prepared using zein as nanocarrier by anti-solvent method, and the structural characterization of the nanoparticles were studied. The optimal preparation process of Zein-Lutein was explored on the basis of single factor and orthogonal array experiments. The optimal preparation conditions were as followed: the ratio of the zein and lutein ratio was 20∶1, hydration time 150 min, hydration temperature 50 ℃, the coating rate of lutein 81.0%. Under the conditions, the average particle size was 398.3 nm, TEM images showed that the morphological and distribution of Zein-Lutein were changed when lutein was efficiently loaded into zein, and …

The Analysis Of The Hydrolysis Releases Of Bound Aroma Compounds And Glycosyl Composition In Rose Roxbuighii Juice, Peng Bangyuan, Ding Xiaojuan, Zhao Zewei, Ding Zhuhong

Food and Machinery

By using the GC-MS，the composition of the bound aroma compounds after enzymatic hydrolysis and acid hydrolysis were analyzed, and the bound aroma compounds in Amberlite XAD-2 from Rose roxbuighii juice were also detected. According to the analysis of ROAV value, the emblematical aroma compounds were analyzed. Thereafter, the glycosyl composition of the bonded flavor compounds were also determined the characteristics of the hydrolyzable bonded compounds. The result showed that a total of 49 kinds of aroma substances were detected after the enzymatic hydrolysis and acid hydrolysis of Rose roxbuighir juice. 31 kinds of aroma substances were obtain by enzyme hydrolysis. …

Changes And Migration Of Volatile Flavor Components In Freeze-Dried Peaches, Yan Qiuju, Wang Haiou, Zhu Hua, Wu Yulong, Zhou Feng, Wang Zhenjiong, Wang Renlei, Hua Chun

Food and Machinery

The composition and content of main volatile flavor components in fresh peach, freeze-dried peach and lyophilizer cold trap water were compared and analyzed by SPME-GC/MS. The results showed that there were 26, 18 and 11 volatile flavor components in fresh peach, freeze-dried peach and cold trap water, respectively. They mainly included aldehydes, alcohols, esters, hydrocarbons, heterocyclics and ethers. Volatile flavor components in fresh peaches changed and migrated during freeze-drying. The retained volatile flavor components in the freeze-dried peach mainly included hexanal, (E)-2-heptenal, (E)-2-octenal, benzaldehyde, pentanol, hexanol, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, hexyl acetate, hexyl acetate, and γ-caprolactone. Furfural and diethylene glycol ether completely migrated …

Cloning Of Aflatoxin-Detofizyme Gene And Fusion Expression In Escherichia Coli, Li Wang, Shi Dunsheng, Ding Ke, Cao Pinghua, Zhao Longmei

Food and Machinery

The ADTZ gene primers were synthesized through the ADTZ gene sequence published by GenBank. The ADTZ gene fragment was screened by PCR from the mixed bacterial solution which extracted of the moldy corn sample, and transformed into E. coli by constructing expression vector. The size and concentration of the ADTZ expression product were detected by SDS-PAGE. The degradation ability of the expression product to aflatoxin AFB₁ was tested by enzymatic hydrolysis. The results showed that the ADTZ gene was successfully amplified from the moldy maize suspension. The full length of the ADTZ gene sequence was 2 088 bp, and …

Optimization Of Conditions For Efficient Expression Of Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Domain-Glutamate Decarboxylase Of Enterococcus Faecium In Escherichia Coli, Yang Shengyuan, Lin Qian, Zhang Xiaoning, Zhen Jiayi

Food and Machinery

In order to avoid the interference of natural GAD expressed by the own genome of Escherichia coli, the recombinant cellulose-binding domain glutamate decarboxylase (CBD-GAD) was firstly immobilized by regenerated amorphous cellulose (RAC), and then the RAC-CBD-GAD immobilized enzyme was isolated and used as an evaluation index to optimize the culture conditions for highly efficient expression of CBD-GAD in E. coli GDMCC60445 by one-factor-at-a-time and Taguchi methods. The results indicated that the optimal medium for E. coli GDMCC60445 to express CBD-GAD was modified Luria-Bertani (LB) medium, which was consisted of 8 g/L tryptone, 6 g/L yeast extract, 10 g/L sodium chloride, …