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Volume 82 Part 6

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Topical note

Ian J Lean, Chairman of Editorial Board
FOREWORD p.763
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Editorial

M R Hutchings
Wild Mannals and the Human Food Chain p.765
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Invited Papers

A. I. Ward, B. A. Tolhurst and R. J. Delahay
Farm husbandry and the risks of disease transmission between wild and domestic mammals: a brief review focusing on bovine tuberculosis in badgers and cattle p.767
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R. J. Irvine
Parasites and the dynamics of wild mammal populations p.775
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G. Edwards-Jones
Modelling farmer decision-making: concepts, progress and challenges p.783
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Behaviour and welfare

D. Hanna, I.A. Sneddon, V.E. Beattie and K. Breuer
Effects of the stockperson on dairy cow behaviour and milk yield p.791
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Breeding, genetics and gene expression

C.A. Morris, N.C. Amyes and S.M. Hickey
Genetic variation in serum copper concentration in Angus cattle p.799
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F. Phocas, X. Boivin, J. Sapa, G. Trillat, A. Boissy and P. Le Neindre
Genetic correlations between temperament and breeding traits in Limousin heifers p.805
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Breeding goals and tools

J. Fernández, T. Roughsedge, J.A. Woolliams and B. Villanueva
Optimization of the sampling strategy for establishing a gene bank: storing PrP alleles following a scrapie eradication plan as a case study p.813
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Food and gut microbiology

G.-M. Du, M.-J. Liu, Z.-M. Shi, L. Zhang, X.-H. Wei and R.-Q. Zhao
In vitro effects of ghrelin on gastric H+-K+-ATPase and pepsin activity and mRNA expression of gastrin, somatostatin, receptors for GH and IGF-1 in cultured gastric mucosal cells of weanling piglets p.823
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L. Brossard, F. Chaucheyras-Durand, the late B. Michalet-Doreau and C. Martin
Dose effect of live yeasts on rumen microbial communities and fermentations during butyric latent acidosis in sheep: new type of interaction p.829
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A. Awati, B. A. Williams, M. W. Bosch and M. W. A. Verstegen
Dietary carbohydrates with different rates of fermentation affect fermentation end-product profiles in different sites of gastro-intestinal tract of weaning piglet p.837
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J.G. Estrada-Flores, M. González-Ronquillo, F.L. Mould, C.M. Arriaga-Jordán and O.A. Castelán-Ortega
Chemical composition and fermentation characteristics of grain and different parts of the stover from maize land races harvested at different growing periods in two zones of Central Mexico p.845
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Food sources and nutrient supply

K. Lyberg, , and, T. Lundh, C. Pedersen and J. E. Lindberg
Influence of soaking, fermentation and phytase supplementation on nutrient digestibility in pigs offered a grower diet based on wheat and barley p.853
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E. Jordan, D.K. Lovett, M. Hawkins and F.P. O’Mara
The effect of varying levels of coconut oil on intake, digestibility and methane output from continental cross beef heifers p.859
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Health/fertility

M. Clapperton, S.C. Bishop and E.J. Glass
Selection for lean growth and food intake leads to correlated changes in innate immune traits in Large White pigs p.867
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J. Sehm, H. Lindermayer, H.H.D. Meyer and M.W. Pfaffl
The influence of apple- and red-wine pomace rich diet on mRNA expression of inflammatory and apoptotic markers in different piglet organs p.877
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Product quality and safety

S. Landgraf, A. Susenbeth, P.W. Knap, H. Looft, G.S. Plastow, E. Kalm and R. Roehe
Developments of carcass cuts, organs, body tissues and chemical body composition during growth of pigs p.889
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A.I. Rey, A. Daza, C. López-Carrasco and C.J. López-Bote
Quantitative study of the alpha and gamma -tocopherols accumulation in muscle and backfat from Iberian pigs kept free-range as affected by time of free-range feeding or weight gain p.901
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E. Serrano, S. Prache, B. Chauveau-Duriot, J. Agabriel and D. Micol
Traceability of grass-feeding in young beef using carotenoid pigments in plasma and adipose tissue p.909
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B. Engel, E. Lambooij, W.G. Buist, H. Reimert and G. Mateman
Prediction of the percentage lean of pig carcasses with a small or a large number of instrumental carcass measurements – an illustration with HGP and Vision p.919
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T. Nishioka and M. Irie
Fluctuation and criteria of porcine fat firmness p.929
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Systems of production and management

D. Renaudeau, B. Bocage and J. Noblet
Influence of energy intake on protein and lipid deposition in Creole and Large White growing pigs in a humid tropical climate p.937
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R.W. Annett and A.F. Carson
Effects of plane of nutrition during the first month of pregnancy on conception rate, foetal development and lamb output of mature and adolescent ewes p.947
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