Could anyone recommend experts in pet nutrition?

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Are there any open-source datasets containing physiological information about exercises to be used for an OR-model?

I have just recently started a new "weekend project" in addition to my master's studies and I am looking for a data-set. I would like to use some Operations Research to design an optimal gym...

22 February 2021 8,023 1 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

Any specific reason, how sclerotium rolfsii can grow out of Petridish?

Is it related to nutrition or any other reason? Any other fungus have similar kind of growth pattern?

09 February 2021 4,357 4 View

Is there any publication about the effect of basketball and volleyball on body height?

Many people believe that some stretching sports with vertical jump such as basketball and volleyball can increase the body height. On the other hand, others do not agree with this argument. The...

02 February 2021 281 6 View

Does the pre-synaptic neuron location in a cortical map influences the spatial position of its synapses in the dendrite of the downstream neuron?

Are functional maps in the cortex used by the brain to carry out computations or are they just a byproduct of wiring minimization? A key element to answer this question is to know if, when...

26 January 2021 1,118 8 View

Spread cheese micrograph SEM Analysis. What is this white dot marked with an red arrow?

In this micrograph you can see processed cheese spread with buttermilk powder taken by SEM. I suppose it can be the result of interactions between proteins and the buttermilk powder used as...

13 January 2021 7,429 7 View

Compare to prevalence before and after covid in population studies?

Dear researchers, I have a prevalence of some diet habit in relatively large narrow population of children 13 years old in 2019 and 2020. Logically they are different population. However, since...

10 January 2021 3,170 9 View

What steps should one take to address post-harvest disease problems in a supply chain?

If I were to receive an import of a new fruit species in the country and, upon arrival, the whole lot was diseased, what steps do I take to diagnose and solve the problem? Is there a general...

10 January 2021 1,649 7 View

Martin Hofmeister

Dear Elena,

maybe you can use the following publications…

Buff PR, Carter RA, Bauer JE, Kersey JH. Natural pet food: a review of natural diets and their impact on canine and feline physiology. J Anim Sci. 2014;92(9):3781-91. https://www.animalsciencepublications.org/publications/jas/pdfs/92/9/3781

Aldrich GC, Koppel K. Pet Food Palatability Evaluation: A Review of Standard Assay Techniques and Interpretation of Results with a Primary Focus on Limitations. Animals (Basel). 2015;5(1):43-55. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494336/

Russian Federation. Pet Food Market Brief. 4/21/2011. http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Pet%20Food%20Market%20Brief_Moscow_Russian%20Federation_4-21-2011.pdf

Best wishes from Germany

Martin