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Characteristics of cellulose fibers from Opuntia ficus indica cladodes and its use as reinforcement for PET based composites

2021

With the aim of valorizing the unexplored Moroccan resources, Opuntia ficus indica (OFI) cladodes were proposed as a renewable source for the production of cellulose. In this work, cellulose microf...

biologyMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Opuntia ficus02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciences021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologybiology.organism_classification01 natural scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundHorticultureCellulose fiberchemistryCladodesCellulose0210 nano-technology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesJournal of Natural Fibers
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Alternative feed resources and their effects on the quality of meat and milk from small ruminants

2008

The present paper reviews the quality of meat and milk from sheep and goats offered alternative feeds as a replacement for concentrates. Legume seeds and pods, shrubs, local agro-industrial by-products or novel pasture species are cheap and widely available in Mediterranean countries and are suitable for sheep and goat nutrition. Many of these alternative feed resources (AFR) contain secondary compounds, such as tannins. Tannin-containing feeds result in meat of a lighter colour and tend to increase milk yield and protein content, probably because they protect dietary proteins from ruminal degradation. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) content in kid meat can be increased by feeding animals ch…

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