Finishing steers with diets based on corn, high-tannin sorghum, or a mix of both: feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and beef sensory attributes.

The objective of this work was to compare feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and beef sensory attributes from steers finished with diets based on corn, high-tannin sorghum (HTS), and a mix of both grains. Angus crossbred steers (n = 11 steers per treatment, initial BW = 404 +/- 18 kg) were finished on diets containing 765 g/kg of DM of corn, HTS, or a 1:1 mix of corn and HTS. Final BW (P < 0.

Global perception of small numerosities (subitizing) in cerebral-palsied children.

The goal of this study was to investigate how global perception of small numerosities (subitizing) develops in cerebral-palsied children (CP), as compared to control children. Twenty-nine 4- to 8-year-old CP children were compared to controls matched on age and sex. Both groups were asked to quantify sets of one to six items displayed briefly on a screen (250 ms).

What impairs subitizing in cerebral palsied children?

The goal of this study was to investigate the factors responsible for the low subitizing limit of cerebral palsied (CP) children. For this purpose, 44 CPs were tested on two tasks involving the rapid recognition of dot configurations. The answer was either a number (subitizing task) or the name of a pattern (pattern recognition task).

[Standardized bicycle ergometry test in mitochondrial myopathies. Indications, interferences and clinical parameters].

Exercise tests are widely used as simple, non-invasive screening methods in the differential diagnosis of metabolic myopathies. Exercise protocols have not been standardized with regard to duration of the test, workload, or monitored metabolic parameters. Potentially interfering parameters such as gender or maximal isometric force of the individuals have not been investigated.

Titration of fresh meat color stability and malondialdehyde development with Holstein steers fed vitamin E-supplemented diets.

Pigment and lipid oxidations were investigated in longissimus lumborum (LL), semimembranosus (SM), and gluteus medius (GM) from Holstein steers fed four doses of vitamin E (64 [control], 295, 550, or 2,173 IU/d) for two durations (42 or 126d). Vitamin E dose did not affect (P = .30) carcass quality or yield characteristics.