Shelf-Life of Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from Northern Australian Waters

Abstract

The shelf-life of Spanish mackerel caught by line fishing in Northern Australian waters was evaluated. Spiked fish were stored in ice either headed and gutted or left uncut and subjected to sensory, nucleotide, pH, histamine and microbial analysts and the rigor pattern recorded. There was little difference between the two product forms. Rigor in uncut fish lasted for 14 ± 9.8 hours and in headed and gutted fish for 19.6 ± 16.3 hours. Spanish mackerel retained good sensory quality for up to 14 days. The bacterial load reached 105 cfu/g by 18 days. K values were low for most of the storage time, < 40%. Histamine levels did not develop more than 10 mg/kg during storage. The pH of Spanish mackerel did not change much even though bacterial levels become high.     

Red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) management in the dehesa system in Central Extremadura,Spain

In this paper we report the results of a study on the suitability of the dehesa (Mediterranean woodlands) as habitat of red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in a closed country estate of about 4300 ha total surface situated in the San Pedro Mountain, in Central Extremadura, Spain. We have described the deer management with respect to habitat, exploitation mode, deer feeding, population control and production of goods and services. It is concluded that the dehesa system is a rich natural resource that preserves and improves the degraded environment.

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Resumen En el presente trabajo se estudia la dehesa como hábitat del ciervo (Cervus elaphus hispanicus). Se ha tomado como referencia una finca cerrada de 4300 ha de ST situada en la Sierra de San Pedro, en Extremadura, España. Se describen los sistemas de gestión actuales del ciervo en cuanto a hábitat, modo de explotación, alimentación, control de población y producción de bienes y servicios. Concluyendo con la necesidad de fomentar este tipo de explotaciones cinegéticas de dehesa que ayudan a conservar y potenciar el medio ambiente en zonas despobladas y deprimidas

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Abbreviations CS collected surface - DMFCU deedmixed feed cattle units - Fi final inventory - FS fertilized surface - Ii Initial inventory - K Potassium - N Nitrogen - NBF number of breeding females - NBFIi number of breeding females of initial inventory - NBFR number of breeding females released - NBM number of breeding males - NBMIi number of breeding males of initial inventory - NBMR number of breeding males released - NCCR number of captive calves released - NCFi number of calves of final inventory - NCR number of calves released - NFR number of female renovation - NYMR number of young males released - NYFR number of young females released - P phosphorus - PP permanent Pastures - pts pesetas - QS Quercus stalks - RDED resources directly eaten by deer - SPOM selected hunted down poor quality males - SS sowed surface - TN total needs of deer - TNR total number released - UAS useable agrarian surface - WB wooded brush - WQS wooded Quercus surface - WS wooded surface     

Resistance to bacterial blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi) in Spanish pea (Pisum sativum) landraces

Pea bacterial blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi) has long been known to be present in pea growing areas of Spain and to cause serious crop losses, although there is no published record of its occurrence. A collection of 16 isolates from a winter pea trial in Valladolid in 1991 which were shown in this study to be P.s. pv. pisi races 4 and 6 would appear to be the first published record of the disease in Spain. This occurrence of races 4 and 6 is the same as reported for winter-sown peas in the South of France. Ten Pisum sativum landraces from different geographical areas of Spain and considered to be representative of the traditional pea crop, were tested for resistance to seven races of P.s. pv. pisi. Seedlings of each landrace were stem inoculated with the type strain of each race in a glasshouse. Resistance exhibited by the different landraces mainly conformed to those previously described in pea cultivars indicating various combinations of the main resistance genes: R3, R2+4, R3+4 and R2+3+4. R3 was the most frequent R gene, being present in all landraces. R4 was present in four and R2 in three of the landraces tested. Variation for resistance within landraces was limited except for landrace accessions ZP-0102, ZP-0109 and ZP-0137 which also showed variation for morphological traits. The resistance responses of landrace ZP-0109 were difficult to interpret, but suggested a genetic mixture with some evidence of less well documented R genes, R5 and/or R6, and possibly some unknown resistance to race 6. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

冻干马鲛鱼调理品前处理工艺的优化

研究冻干马鲛鱼调理制品前处理的工艺优化条件,结果表明:0.1%维生素C和0.02%TBHQ复配作为鱼肉抗氧化剂;抗氧化处理工艺参数:浸泡温度5℃、浸泡时间10min、料液比为1:2;鱼肉附味配方为:食用盐1.5%、I+G0.02%、酱油6%、姜汁1.5%;防肉质破损蒸煮工艺参数:0.3%山梨糖醇液、处理浸泡时间90s、蒸煮温度95℃、蒸煮时间3min。     

珍珠豆型花生脂肪酸变化规律研究

露地栽培条件下,以海南小粒粉皮、海南小粒红皮和桂花36为试验材料,通过检测果针不同入土时间(10d、20d、30d、40d、50d、60d)籽仁脂肪酸含量,分析珍珠豆型花生籽仁发育过程中脂肪酸含量的变化规律。结果表明,在花生籽仁发育过程中,脂肪酸变化主要取决于油酸和亚油酸的变化,油酸、O/L值和不饱和脂肪酸/饱和脂肪酸值均随籽仁成熟度的增加而增加;果针入土60d时,桂花36的油酸含量、O/L值和不饱和脂肪酸/饱和脂肪酸值均同比最大,分别为51.14%、1.85、3.93;亚油酸含量最大值出现在果针入土30d的海南小粒红皮为36.04%,亚油酸最小值出现在果针入土60d时的桂花36为27.64%;其他六种脂肪酸中除了硬脂酸含量有所上升之外,棕榈酸、亚麻酸、花生酸、花生稀酸、山嵛酸基本为下降趋势。     

KIT-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumours in two Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica)

Gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumours from two Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) were examined grossly, histologically and immunohistochemically. One neoplasm was a 1.5 kg tan multinodular cavitated mass in the forestomach. The other tumour was a firm mural mass 1.2 cm in diameter in the colon. Microscopically, both tumours were formed mainly by spindle shaped cells arranged in closely packed interlacing fascicles. Neoplastic cells in both tumours labelled positively for KIT (CD117), vimentin and alpha-smooth muscle actin. These findings suggest that both neoplasms were gastrointestinal stromal tumours and most likely to be derived from the interstitial cells of Cajal or their progenitor cells.     

Merino sheep breed's genetic resistance to scrapie: genetic structure and comparison of five eradication strategies

Three thousand one hundred and ninety-three Merino-breeding males were genotyped for Scrapie-resistance gene. They showed a high frequency of ARQ allele while VRQ allele frequency, linked to the highest susceptibility, was close to 0. Alleles linked to Scrapie-susceptibility frequencies have been studied in different Merino flocks. Most of the variability is intraflock, not interflock. In addition, there is an excess of heterozygotes due to crossbreeding or Wahlund effect.

Five control and prevention strategies were studied: first genotyping males and females and eliminating VRQ carriers and ARQ/ARQ rams; second genotyping males and females and eliminating VRQ carriers; third genotyping males and eliminating VRQ carriers and ARQ/ARQ rams; fourth genotyping males and using only as breeders ARR/ARR, ARR/AHQ, AHQ/AHQ and ARQ/ARQ rams; fifth genotyping males and using only as breeders ARR/ARR, ARR/AHQ and AHQ/AHQ rams. They were simulated from allelic and genotypic frequencies to decide which animals had to be genotyped and which animals had to be eliminated due to their genotypes and risk levels. The third option, to genotype rams and to eliminate ARQ/ARQ and VRQ carriers, would be the best strategy to improve the resistance and would cause minimal cost and loss of animals.     

冷冻鲅鱼的介电常数与射频解冻效果研究

基于27.12 MHz射频自跟踪平板电容式解冻系统的电气系统设计特点,对冷冻鲅鱼的介电常数模型、实部和虚部进行了分析研究。在分析研究冷冻鲅鱼的解冻时间、射频穿透深度的基础上,通过实验验证了射频解冻的质量优于微波解冻和一般常用的解冻方法。     

Modeling Tree Loss Versus Tree Recruitment Processes in SW Iberian Rangelands as Influenced by Topography and Land use and Management

The sustainability of Iberian open wooded rangelands is threatened by recent land use changes and lack of tree recruitment. As trees are key elements of these systems, the characterization of their spatiotemporal trend is essential for the system's management. Our objective is to develop spatial models reflecting the temporal dynamic of trees in terms of recent tree loss and tree gain processes in farms, evaluating the influence on the models of topography and land use and management. Aerial photographs of 1956 and 2009 were compared, analyzing lost and new trees in five dehesas of Extremadura (Spain). Multivariate adaptive regression splines was used to produce the spatial models that characterize the proneness of an area to undergo tree loss or recruitment. Models showed good performances. Although land use and management intensively influenced on tree dynamics, because it depends on topography, models built by considering just the topographic variables showed only slightly lower fitness. Tree recruitment mostly happened in the marginal places with steep slopes, while tree loss occurred in elevated, gently undulated and more intensively used places of the farms. A spatial polarization of both processes has been observed that leads to the lack of replacement of lost trees. The work provides some clues on the design of tree management procedures for dehesas and montados. The implementation of measures to address the degradation processes in dehesas should take into account the spatial arrangement of the areas where tree loss or gain is actually happening or it is likely to occur. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Genealogical analyses in open populations: the case of three Arab-derived Spanish horse breeds

This research assesses the genetic composition of three Arab-derived Spanish horse breeds as an example to highlight the major shortcomings related to genealogical analyses in open populations and to propose approaches useful to deal with this task. The studbooks of three Spanish Arab (SA)-derived horse breeds, Spanish Anglo-Arab (dAA), Hispano-Arab (dHA) and Spanish Sport Horse (dSSH) and those of their parental breeds SA, Spanish Purebred (SPB) and Thoroughbred (TB), totalling 211 754 individuals, were available. The genealogies of the dAA, dHA and dSSH were analysed not only using the corresponding studbook (breed exclusive dataset) but also including the genealogies of the founders from parental breeds (completed dataset). Coancestry analyses revealed that the present SA-derived populations share more genes with the Arab than with the other parental breeds. Effective population size was computed by accounting for migration rates to obtain an equivalent closed-population effective size (_eq N _e) of 39.2 for the dAA, 56.3 for dHA and 114.1 for dSSH. The essayed methodologies were useful for characterising populations involving migration. The consequences of the management of the analysed breeds are discussed. The results emphasize the need to include the complete genealogies of the individuals to attain reliable genealogical parameters.