Effects of supplementing milk replacer with essential amino acids on blood metabolites, immune response, and nitrogen metabolism of Holstein calves exposed to an endotoxin.

This study evaluated the effects of supplementing calf milk replacer with essential AA on immune responses, blood metabolites, and nitrogen metabolism of 32 Holstein bull calves [28 d of age, 44 ± 0.8 kg of body weight (BW)] exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Calves were bottle-fed a commercial milk replacer (20% crude protein and 20% fat, dry matter basis) twice daily along with a calf starter (19% crude protein, dry matter basis) for 45 d.

Nuclear model analysis of excitation functions of α-particle induced reactions on In and Cd up to 60MeV with relevance to the production of high specific activity Sn.

Excitation functions were calculated for the α-particle induced reactions In(α,x)Sn, Cd(α,n)Sn, Cd(α,3n)Sn and Cd(α,x)Sn to analyse the production of the medically important Sn (T = 13.6 d). For calculations three nuclear model codes (i.