News tagged with beef byproduct

Test Run Under Way for Amtrak's 'Beef Train'

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to create a greener train, Amtrak has unveiled the Heartland Flyer, which is designed to run on a special biodiesel blend that includes beef byproducts. The idea is to reduce ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Forage, corn feed alternative for cattle may come from biodiesel industry

Crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production, could be an economical ingredient in cattle diets, according to studies by Texas AgriLife Research and West Texas A&M University personnel.

Biology / Other

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Cleaning cows from inside out

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators have conducted a series of studies that explore non-antibiotic methods to reduce foodborne pathogens that are found in the gut of food animals.

Biology / Other

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies focus on feed ingredient's effects on levels of E. coli O157:H7 in cattle

After corn is processed to make ethanol, what's left of the corn looks something like slightly dampened cornmeal, though a somewhat darker yellow, and not as finely ground. Known as "wet distiller's grains with solubles" ...

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created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Germany kills 140 dioxin-contaminated pigs

(AP) -- German authorities ordered 140 pigs slaughtered Tuesday after tests showed high levels of a cancer-causing chemical for the first time in swine, as the nation's dioxin scandal widened beyond poultry and eggs.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Race is on in browser wars as users' habits shift

When Dawn Shrum was in college a few years ago, her one and only Web browser was Microsoft Internet Explorer. Boy, has her browsing changed since then.

Technology / Software

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 12

Fermenting fodder into fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- As climate change challenges continue to crop up around fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, identifying renewable fuel materials and developing processes that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Top food scientist to target hidden fish allergens, pork, with new tests

The odds of contracting mad cow disease from banned or adulterated bovine protein lurking in raw or processed food for humans or meat-bone meal for livestock have declined over the past decade. So have the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Farmed fish may pose risk for mad cow disease

University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food s ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Waste peel from pomegranate juice factories makes healthy cattle feed

Pomegranate peel left over from production of the juice renowned for its potential health benefits can make a nutritious feed supplement for cattle, researchers in Israel report in an article in the November ...

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef

The availability and use of wet distiller's grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers' ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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