4 Abstract: A total of 1664 environmental samples (litter, water, swabs and air) were collected from commercial broiler farms located in Ismailia and Zagazig Governorates, Egypt. The bacterial and Fungal isolates that were identified included: Citrobacter Sp, E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aureuginosa, Salmonella Sp, Shigella Sp, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus fecalis and Streptococcus pneumonie, Yeast Sp, Pencillium Sp, Aspergillus niger, Aspegillus flavus, Aspergillus nidulans, Mucour and Candida albicans Prevalence and frequencies of the microorganisms were calculated to detect the most predominant microorganisms. Litter samples showed that Pseudomonas areuginosa (24%) and Yeast Sp (37.5%) predominated in closed houses; Klebsiella oxytoca (12%) and Penicillium Sp (28.57%) predominated in open houses in winter, Klebsiella oxytoca (33.33%) and Aspergillus nidulans (22.73%) predominated in closed houses; E. coli (50%) and Penicillium Sp (21.40%) in open houses in spring, Shigella Sp (34.5%); (47.62%) and Aspergillus niger (26.92%); (8.69%) predominated in closed and open houses respectively in summer, Klebsiella oxytoca (55.56%) and Aspergillus niger (12%) predominated in closed houses; Klebsiella oxytoca (41.67%) and Candida albicans (59.1%) predominated in open houses in autumn. Water samples showed that E. coli (39.47%) and Candida albicans (50%) predominated in closed houses; E. coli (60.97%) and Penicillium Sp (60%) predominated in open houses in winter, E. coli (67.57%) and Penicillium Sp (37.5%) predominated in closed houses; E. coli (89.29%) and Aspergillus nidulans (15.83%) predominated in open houses in spring, Shigella Sp (42.55%) and Penicillium Sp (37.5%) predominated in closed houses; Shigella Sp (36.67%) and Yeast Sp (66.6%) predominated in open houses in summer, Klebsiella oxytoca (36.59%) and Candida albicans (33.3%) predominated in closed houses; Klebsiella oxytoca (47.22%) and Candida albicans (47.62%) predominated in open houses in autumn. Swab samples showed that Pseudomonas areuginosa (62.5%) and Penicillium Sp (29.41%) predominated in closed houses; Pseudomonas aureuginosa (47.06%) and Candida albicans (17.64%) predominated in open houses in winter, Klebsiella oxytoca (36.49%) and Aspergillus flavus (43.48%) predominated in closed samples; E. coli (43.48%) and Aspergillus flavus (46.51%) predominated in open houses in spring, Klebsiella oxytoca (28.98%) and Penicillium Sp (34.48%) predominated in closed houses; E. coli (35.17%) and Aspergillus niger (35.14%) predominated in open houses in summer, Pseudomonas areuginosa (31.75%); (42.31%) and Canidada albicans (40.32%); (61.4%) predominated in closed and open houses respectively in autumn. Air samples showed that staphylococcus aureus (51.72%-45.45%, 52%- 56.17%, 59.52-69.44 and 48.78-75%) was predominating in closed and open houses respectively in winter, spring, summer and autumn respectively, while the fungal growth showed that Aspergillus niger (66.6%) predominated in closed houses in winter, Aspergillus niger (100%) predominated in closed houses; Aspergillus favlus (100%) predominated in open houses in spring, Aspergillus niger (100%) predominated in closed houses in summer, Aspergillus niger (100%) predominated in closed and open houses in autumn.
Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy calibrations for measures of tannins and nutritive value were made on a set of 40 hays and straws of Vicia and Lathyrus spp. by the modified partial least squares (MPLS) method and were evaluated by cross-validation. They successfully predicted, in the dry matter, 4.6–34.1 g kg −1 total phenolics with a cross-validation R 2 of 0.95 and a SECV of 1.68 g kg −1 , 1.3–23.1 g kg −1 total tannins ( R 2 = 0.89, SECV = 1.84 g kg −1 ) and 0.5–30.3 g kg −1 condensed tannins ( R 2 = 0.93, SECV = 2.34 g kg −1 ). In multiple regression and MPLS calibrations, a wavelength close to 2.144 μm was common to all measures of tannins, and was attributed to condensed tannins and its flavanoid precursors. The biological activity of tannins on rumen microbes, measured as a 0–6.9% effect on gas production with rumen liquor in vitro, was less precisely predicted by MPLS ( R 2 = 0.49, SECV = 1.49%). The biological activity per gram of chemical tannins could not be predicted by NIR spectroscopy in the material studied. Acid detergent fibre, neutral detergent fibre, crude protein and gas production in vitro were predicted with R 2 = 0.95 to 0.96 ( SECV = 18.2, 24.8, 10.1 g kg −1 or 7.2 mL g −1 ).
Theoretical analysis of ultrasonic wave absorption and
elastic moduli for TeO2-V2O5-Sm2O3 glass system is presented. A correlation
between low temperature ultrasonic relaxation parameters and other physical
(elastic) properties for this glass system was achieved according to a model
presented by Bridge and Patel. Correlation coefficients greater than 96% were
obtained indicating that correlations between ultrasonic attenuation and
activation energy at low temperatures and the bulk modulus of this glass system
at room - temperature (through the two crucial structural parameters, number of
anions and anion-cation force) exist.