Our report is the first to show that acute ingestion of relatively large, yet tolerable dose of alcohol, significantly disturbs salivary antimicrobial defense system. Reduced lysozyme level and decreased peroxidase activity may contribute to increased susceptibility to infections, when acute alcohol intake coincides with exposure to pathogens.

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Pigs fitted with ileo-rectal anastomoses (IRA) and in parallel experiments intact (INT) pigs were used to estimate the influence of the different grinding fineness of barley and wheat (coarse, medium, fine) on the apparent and true precaecal and total digestibility resp. absorption of various N free and N containing nutrients, among them crude protein and the indispensable and dispensable amino acids. Coarse grinding (25 ... 50% of the particles greater than 2 mm) resulted in significantly lower digestibility values than medium and fine grinding--with more striking differences in barley than in wheat. Precaecally most nutrients and amino acids are distinctly less digestible than at the end of the total tract. The precaecal lysine absorption determined with IRA pigs is remarkably low. The results are discussed. In order to attain a good utilization of the protein contained in cereals grains should be ground in hammermills with maximal sieve meshes of 3 mm. It is proposed to tabulate crude protein and amino acids in future on the basis of a standardized true precaecal digestibility resp. absorption.

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On the basis of the method described in the standard TGL 21875/07--method II in GDR--and proved effective in practise, a rationalised method of the determination of crude fibres has been worked out. This method is described in detail; it makes greater than 60 individual determinations of crude fibre per worker and day possible. In contrast to the conventional determination of crude fibres (standard 21875/07--method I) this method is more efficient and its degree of standardisation is considerably higher. The results achieved on the basis of the conventional method of the determination of crude fibres (standard TGL 21875/07--method I Lepper-method) and the suggested method of determination with various feedstuff samples at the Zentralstelle für Futtermittelprüfung und Fütterung (Central Institution for Feedstuff Investigation and Feeding) Halle-Lettin and Department of Animal Nutrition of the Forschungszentrum für Tierproduktion (Research Centre for Animal Production) Dummerstorf-Rostock show that there are no statistically significant differences between the crude fibre values ascertained according to the two methods. Method II of the standard TGL 21875/07 should be replaced by the suggested method of determination because this method directly registers the crude fibre content.

Die alkalische Solvolyse einiger meta‐substituierter Aryl‐silane in Äthanol/Wasser wurde kinetisch untersucht. Die spezifischen Geschwindigkeitskonstanten zeigen einen starken Substituenteneinfluß, der mit Hilfe der TAFTschen σº‐Werte gedeutet werden kann.