The feeding of fodder beet to pigs

Abstract

1. An examination has been made of the results of a number of experiments on the feeding of fodder beet to fattening pigs.2. When beet is introduced, the daily energy intake and hence the growth rate are slightly reduced.3. The value of beet as a replacement for meal, neglecting the reduction in growth rate, may be assessed satisfactorily from a knowledge of the dry matter content of the beet and of the starch equivalent of the meal, using the average values given by Woodman (1954).4. Where beet is used to replace meal, the available digestible protein is reduced. It is possible that the addition of protein-rich supplements to the ration will improve the performance of the pigs.5. The effects of beet on carcass quality are not clear. The Danish reports examined indicate slightly lower quality, but the English reports similar or slightly higher quality.

Shapely polysaccharides. The eighth Colworth Medal Lecture

“…Of course, this evidence does not specify the conformation in detail, but it was possible to devise two independent mathematical model-building methods that start from the known covalent structure and search for sterically possible ways in which the chain might be draped to give a double helix of this sort having the dimensions and symmetry required by the X-ray-diffraction evidence. It was satisfying that both methods led to essentially the same double helix (Anderson etal., 1969); a projection and photographs of this have been published (Anderson et al, 1969;Rees et al, 1969;Rees, 1969bRees, , 1970b. When a molecular model was actually set up we were delighted to see that both hydroxyl groups in the repeating unit [see structure (II)] were positioned to engage in hydrogen-bonding between the stands.…”