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The seminar on The application of NMR techniques on the body composition of live animals, was held on 14 - 15 lune, 1988 at the Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Landwirtschaft (FAL), Institut fur Tierzucht und Tierverhalten, Mariensee, Germany. This was the third in aseries of meetings organized in the framework of the European Communities (EC) programme for the coordination of agricultural research. The earlier meetings were on In vivo estimation of body composition, in 1981 in Denmark, and In vivo measurements of body composition in meat animals, in 1983 in the UK.. The emphasis of the Mariensee meeting on the application of nuclear magnetic resonance techniques benefitted greatly from new equipment just installed at the Institute. Furthermore it was made clear that this type of large-scale facility, which is not readily found elsewhere, could be made available to promote international collaboration in animal science. After discussing the basic principles of the NMR technique and comparing it with alternative, non-destructive methods of body composition analyses, the programme of the Mariensee group was discussed. The obvious advantages of the NMR technique were acknowledged and will clearly have to be weighed against the rather high investment costs for the equipment at present.

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Author:   E. Kallweit ,  etc. ,  M. Henning ,  E. Groeneveld
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781851664047

ISBN 10:   1851664041
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   August 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Session I: Principles of NMR techniques. Session II: Applications in human medicine. Application of MR imaging techniques in human medicine. Localized proton NMR spectroscopy of human brain in vivo. NMR spectroscopy - application in human medicine. Discussion. Session III: body fluids and circulation. NMR spectroscopy of body fluids in medical diagnosis. NMR flow imaging - an overview. Session IV: Application of various imaging methods in animal science. Applications of ultra-sound imaging in animal science. X-ray CT for body-composition. X-ray tomographical anatomy of the sheep. Discussion. Session V: NMR in animal science. NMR imaging studies in live animals. Spectroscopy and meat quality. Discussion. Session VI: Current and future projects. Growth patterns and carcass evaluation in pigs by MR measurements. Current and possible future application if in vivo assessment in sheep breeding programmes. Discussion. Session VII: Spectroscopy perspectives.

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