WHAT ROLE FOR THE RICE STRAW IN THE DRY SEASON DIET OF ZEBUS IN SAHEL IRRIGATED AREA? CASE OF THE SENEGAL RIVER DELTA

What Role for the Rice Straw in the Dry Season Diet of Zebus in Sahel Irrigated Area? Case of the Senegal River Delta

During the dry season, transhumant zebu cattle herds used to graze on the Senegal River delta wet areas.Since the 1960s, agricultural colonization and rice cultivation caused major changes in cattle management and feeding.The feeding behavior of three herds was observed from May to July 2000 and from January to July 2001.Rice straw was the main fee

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Racial differences in experimental pain sensitivity and conditioned pain modulation: a study of Chinese and Indians

Tze Siong NgDepartment of Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy Section, National University Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeBackground: Substantial literature has demonstrated racial differences in pain perception and endogenous pain modulation is proposed to be a mechanism for the racial differences.Although Indians in Singapore reported higher pain Diaper

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New Linear Lipopeptides Produced by Pseudomonas cichorii SF1-54 Are Involved in Virulence, Swarming Motility, and Biofilm Formation

Pseudomonas cichorii is the causal agent of lettuce midrib rot, characterized by a dark-brown to green-black discoloration of the midrib.Formation of necrotic lesions by several plant-pathogenic pseudomonads is associated with production of phytotoxic lipopeptides, which contribute Casters to virulence.Therefore, the ability of P.cichorii SF1-54 to

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Harnessing information and communication technologies to leverage scarce resources for cancer education, research and practice in developing countries

Abstract In developing countries, low levels of awareness, cost and organizational constraints on AV Cable access to specialized care contribute to inadequate patient help-seeking behavior.As much as 95% of cancer patients in developing countries are diagnosed at late to end stage disease.Consequently, treatment outcome is dismally poor and a vicio

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