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DISEASE CONTROL, A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY, REQUIRES ADMINISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS TO WHOLE POPULATIONS OF FISH. AVAILABLE MODES OF DRUG DELIVERY, (ORAL, IMMERSION OR INJECTION) ARE INEFFICIENT OR NOT PRACTICAL ON A LARGE SCALE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS AND VACCINES INTO MASS POPULATIONS OF FISH. RESEARCH ...

CURRENTLY, THE FILL HEIGHT OF FOOD CONTAINERS IS MEASURED ON-LINE USING DEVICES INCORPORATING GAMMA RADIATION. THESE DEVICES CAN POTENTIALLY EXPOSE FOOD PROCESSING WORKERS TO A HAZARDOUS WORK PLACE AND THE DISPOSAL OF OUT-OF-SERVICE DEVICES REPRESENTS A LONG TERM HAZARD TO BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PUBLIC. THE GROWING DESIRE TO USE A NON-RADIATION BASED DEVICE FOR CONTAINER FILL HEIGHT MEASUREM ...

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A WELL-ESTABLISHED PROCESS WITHIN THE CORN PROCESSING INDUSTRY IS THE PRODUCTION OF FUEL ETHANOL THROUGH FERMENTATION OF SUGARS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCT ETHANOL, THESE FACILITIES PRODUCE A LARGE VOLUME OF AN AQUEOUS, BIOMASS-CONTAINING STREAM, KNOWN AS STILLAGE, WHICH MUST BE PROCESSED TO RECOVER SOLIDS USED FOR ANIMAL FEEDS. DURING PHASE I, A SERIES OF A NOVEL, LABORATORY SCALE, CERAMIC CROSSF ...

AN INDIRECT MARKER-TRAIT RELATIONSHIP OCCURS WHEN THE GENETIC MARKER IS LOCATED NEAR THE CONTROLLING GENE. BECAUSE THE MARK AND TRAIT ARE LINKED THROUGH ASSOCIATION, THE MARKER-TRAIT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT BE THE SAME. A GENETIC MARKER HAS BEEN USED TO DETECT A SIGNIFICANCE GENE SUBSTITUTION EFFECT FOR MILKING ABILITY FOR BOVINE CHROMOSOME 23 IN ONE HOLSTEIN BULL. THE MARKER- ...

CATFISH FARMING SUFFERS OFF-FLAVOR LOSSES OF $10M TO $20 M ANNUALLY. KTAADN, IND., (KI) PROPOSES INVESTIGATING EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN "PREDISPOSING" ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND OFF-FLAVORS. IN PHASE 1, KI WILL ANALYZE THESE FACTORS USING NEURAL NETWORK (NN) PREDICTORS DEVELOPED BY KI UNDER A US AIR FORCE GRANT FOR PREDICTING LIGHTNING STRIKES. PHASE I WILL SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF A NN PROCES ...

TRADITIONAL METHODS FOR THE ENUMERATION OF BACTERIA ARE SLOW, INEFFICIENT AND LABOR- INTENSIVE. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO BEING ABLE TO ASSESS THE MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF FOODSTUFF RAPIDLY, AND THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR NEW METHODS. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID DETERMINATION OF BACTERIA IN MILK. BACTERIA FROM RAW MILK WILL BE PRECONCENTRATED ONTO POLYCAR ...

THE UNITED STATES POULTRY INDUSTRY PROCESSES APPROXIMATELY 7.5 BILLIN HATCHING EGGS THROUGH INCUBATING FACILITIES EACH YEAR. EFFECTIVE HATCHERY SANITATION PRACTICES TO ACHIEVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CHICK HATCHABILITY AND BROILER PERFORMANCE ARE OF PRIME CONCERN TO THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. FUMIGATION WITH FORMALDEHYDE HAS BEEN THE METHOD OF CHOICE TO SANITIZE POULTRY HATCHERIES. THE ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION ...

WE PROPOSE A PHASE I PROGRAM TO EVALUATE THE INSECTICIDAL PROPERTIES AND COMPONENTS OF CERTAIN PARASITIC WASP VENOMS. MOST INSECTS, INCLUDING MOST IMPORTANT CROP PESTS. ARE ATTACKED BY ONE OR MORE SPECIES OF PARASITIC WASPS. THE VENOMS OF PARASITIC WASPS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF EFFECTS ON THEIR HOSTS, INCLUDING PARALYSIS, GROWTH REGULATION, AND SUPPRESSION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE BASE ...