Trichantera: Cheaper Feed Substitute to Soybean Oil Meal

Trichantera: Cheaper Feed Substitute to Soybean Oil Meal

One problem among local hog raiser is the high cost of feed production. Costly commercial-mixed feeds such as the soybean oil meal (SBOM) contribute substantially to the high cost of feed ingredients as they have to be imported int he country as part of the protein requirement in pig ration. The necessity therefore to find cheaper substitutes to lower the production cost of both feeds and finisher pigs to attain higher returns has been imperative.
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Scientists Find Twinning Technology in Dairy Cattle Succesful

Scientists Find Twinning Technology in Dairy Cattle Succesful

The cow (Bos Taurus for European breeds and Bos indicus for indian Breeds), belonging to the family Bovidae, is characterized as a uniparous large ruminant- an animal capable of producing only a single offspring per birth.
The low prolificacy of cattle coupled with the small population used in breeding have contributed to the dwindling cattle production in the country. This problem may just have found solution in the first successful induced twinning in dairy cattle spearheaded by Dr. Antonio A. Rayos, veterinarian and assistant professor at the Dairy Training and Research Institute (DTRI) UP los Banos.
In a series of laboratory tests, two healthy calves (male and female) each weighing 18kg were successfully conceived after 254 days of gestation with the female co-twin having a normal reproductive tract on examination.
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MMSU recommends off season tomato

MMSU recommends off season tomato

Three new tomato hybrids developed by researchers from the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) offer excellent opportunities to Ilocos farmers to venture into profitable tomato production during the off-season.
The developed hybrids are high yielding early maturing and tolerant to the very humid conditions during wet seasons in the Ilocos region. The fruits are juicy, sour, and have round and deep oblate shapes, qualities that are preferred by locals consumers.

The three MMSU hybrids (hybrids 1, 2, and 3) were developedin a five year study by MMSU researchers – Marylis Nalundasn, Rolando C. Ruguian and Victor V. Alpuerto of Monsanto Philippines, inc.
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Mad Cow Disease: Know the Risks

Mad Cow Disease: Know the Risks

Years after it was supposedly vanquished, the brain-eating disease that kills cows and some people who eat them is on a comeback. Today, the mad cow disease or bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is again breaking headlines and is stirring a lot of havoc and public fear all around the globe. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions and answers regarding BSE.

Q. What exactly is BSE?
A. BSE or mad cow disease is one of the several fatal brain diseases called transmisshible sponfigorm encephalopathies (TSEs). BSE is a progressive lethal central nervous system disease of cattle. The brain looks like a sponge hence the term spongiform because the brain contains vacuoles. In 1982, Stanley Prusiner, a biochemist at the University of California suggested a radical idea- that various encephalopathies were caused by a rouge protein- a prion.

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