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Accession Number
  IND44700199.
Author
  Quereda, J. J.; Herrero-Medrano, J. M. ; Abellaneda, J. M.; Garcia-Nicolas, O. ; Martinez-Alarcon, L. ; Pallares, F. J. ; Ramirez, P. ; Munoz, A. ; Ramis, G.
Institution
 Quereda, J. J.: Departamento de Produccion Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain Departamento de Anatomia y Anatomia Patologica Comparadas, Facultad de
  Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain Servicio de Cirugia, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
Title
  Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus Copy Number in Different Pig Breeds is not Related to Genetic Diversity
Source
 Zoonoses and public health. 2012 Sept. 59(6) p. 401-407.
ISSN
  1863-1959
Abstract
  The risk of zoonoses is a major obstacle to xenotransplantation. Porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) poses a potential risk of zoonotic infection, and its control is a prerequisite 
  for the  development of clinical xenotransplantation. The copy number of PERV varies among different breeds, and it has been suggested that the PERV integrations number is increased 
  by inbreeding. The purpose of this study was (i) to examine the copy number of PERV in different Spanish pig breeds, Spanish wild boar and commercial cross-bred pigs from five different 
  farms and genetic background (CCP1-CCP5) and (ii) to investigate the correlation between PERV copy number and the genetic background of the pigs in order to improve the selection of pigs 
  for xenotransplantation. PERV copy number was determined by quantitative, real-time polymerase chain reactions. Thirty-four microsatellite markers were genotyped to describe the genetic 
  diversity within populations (observed and expected heterozygosities, Ho and He, respectively) and the inbreeding coefficient (F). Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to determine 
  the relationship between PERV copy number and Ho, He and F. The copy number of PERV among different pig breeds was estimated to range between three (CCP1) and 43 copies 
  (Iberian Pig). Statistical differences were found among the studied populations concerning PERV copy number. No correlation was found between the PERV copy number and the 
  heterozygosity (calculated at an individual level or at a population level) or the inbreeding coefficient of each population. Our data suggest that pigs inbreeding does not 
  increase PERV copy number and support the idea that careful selection of pigs for organ donation with reduced PERV copy number will minimize the risk of retrovirus transmission to 
  the human receptor.
Subject Headings:
  correlation. farms. genetic background. genetic variation. heterozygosity. humans. inbreeding. inbreeding coefficient. microsatellite repeats. polymerase chain reaction. 
  receptors. risk. swine. swine breeds. wild boars. xenotransplantation. zoonoses.
Identifier:
  article.
Publication Type:
  Journal Article. Government Publication.
Language:
  English
Electronic Location:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1863... 
Update Code: 202100.

Accession Number
  IND43617103.
Author
  Nono, Y.J. Reynes, M. Zakhia, N. Raoult-Wack, A.L. Giroux, F.
Title
  Fine-tuning a combined process of dehydration-impregnation by
  immersion and drying of bananas (Musa acuminata group Cavendish).
Original Title
  Mise au point d'un procede combine de deshydratation impregnation par
  immersion et sechage de bananes (Musa acuminata groupe Cavendish).
Source
  Journal of food engineering. 2002 Dec. v. 55 (3) p. 231-236.
Note
  Includes references Summary in English.
Abstract
  Banana (Musa acuminata group Cavendish) treatment by the combined
  process of dewatering-impregnation soaking process (DISP) and drying
  was studied in the present work. Experiments were carried out in a
  laterally agitated vat. Bananas were cut into slices of 10 mm thickness
  before soaking and drying. A method of banana treatment was determined
  and consisted of soaking products in two successive sucrose baths with
  respective concentrations of 35degreesBrix and 70degreesBrix, acidified
  at 3.5 pH with ascorbic acid. The first bath, which contained 1% calcium
  chloride to ensure the firmness of the fruit, served also in blanching
  the fruit. This consisted of soaking the fruit in the solution initially
  heated at 85degreesC and leaving them to dehydrate while cooling slowly
  to room temperature over a period of 24 h. The mass ratio of fruit to
  solution for this bath was 1:6. Dehydration in the second bath at
  70degreesBrix was conducted with a fruit to solution ratio of 1:4 and at
  room temperature, for economic reasons and for the quality of final
  product. This second treatment was doubly important: there was an
  increase in the sugar content of the fruit and further water loss
  maintaining the banana slice shape during the final drying. It also
  conferred on final product a good mouth-texture (the final product was
  softer), a pleasant sweet taste and spread the banana aroma more widely.
  Treatment in two successive baths led to a weight reduction of 60.2% and
  a solute gain of 2%. Bananas then underwent a moderate drying at
  40degreesC for 72 h with an air relative humidity of less than 60%. The
  water content of the final product was 16.5% and its average water
  activity was 0.54 +/- 0.02 at 25degreesC. The final product had an
  attractive colour and did not show any brown pigmentation.
Subject Heading
  bananas. air drying. soaking. dewatering. food processing. brix.
  sugar content. drying quality. sensory properties. moisture content.
  water activity. texture. color.
Publication Type
  Journal Article.
Language
  French
Summary Language
  English.
NAL Location
  TP368.J68.
Update Code
  200501 Revision: 040325.

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