Abstract: A method for reducing methane production in a ruminant animal comprising the step of administering to said ruminant animal an effective amount of at least one strain of bacterium of the genus Propionibacterium.

Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to a method to evaluate the quantity of methane produced by a dairy ruminant. The method comprises determination of the ratio between the quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less and the sum of the total fatty acids of the milk, said quantity of methane being defined by the following equation: Quantity CH4=(FA<C16/Total FAs)*a*(milk production)b in which: quantity CH4 (in g/litre of milk)=quantity of methane produced; FA<C16=quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less; Total FAs =total quantity of fatty acids; expression of the ratio (FA<C16)/(Total FAs) as a % of total FAs; milk production=quantity of milk produced in kg of milk/animal and per year; a and b are numerical parameters in which a lies between 10 and 13, and b lies between ?0.40 and ?0.45.

Abstract: A method for reducing methane production in a ruminant animal comprising the step of administering to said ruminant animal an effective amount of at least one strain of bacterium of the genus Propionibacterium.

Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to a method to evaluate the quantity of methane produced by a dairy ruminant. It is notably characterized by the fact that it comprises determination of the ratio between the quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less, called FA<C16 and the sum of the total fatty acids of the milk, said fatty acids being found in the milk produced by said ruminant, said quantity of methane being defined by the following equation: Quantity CH4=(FA<C16/Total FAs)*a*(milk production)b in which: quantity CH4 (in g/liter of milk)=quantity of methane produced; FA<C16=quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less; Total FAs=total quantity of fatty acids; expression of the ratio (FA<C16)/(Total FAs) as a % of total FAs; milk production=quantity of milk produced in kg of milk/animal and per year; a and b are numerical parameters in which a lies between 10 and 13, and b lies between ?0.40 and ?0.45.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic system (1) that can implanted in a human or animal body, wherein said system (1) includes a substrate (2) to be brought into contact with a biological tissue (4), and an adhesive (3) for bonding said substrate (2) onto the biological tissue (4), said system (1) being characterised in that the adhesive (3) contains as an adhesive substance at least one hydrocolloid. The invention can be used for prosthetic implants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic implant (1) for suburethral support comprising a suburethral support element (3) of elongate form that extends longitudinally between a first end (3A) and a second end (3B), said first end (3A) at least having first and second opposite faces (4), said implant (1) being characterized in that said suburethral support element (3) comprises at least a first gusset (11), which projects from the side of said first face (4) of the first end (3A), and a second gusset (12), which projects from the side of said second face (5) of the first end (3A), said first and second gussets (11, 12) being designed to fasten said first end (3A) within biological tissues of the patient. Prosthetic implants.

Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to a method to evaluate the quantity of methane produced by a dairy ruminant. It is notably characterized by the fact that it comprises determination of the ratio between the quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less, called FA<C16 and the sum of the total fatty acids of the milk, said fatty acids being found in the milk produced by said ruminant, said quantity of methane being defined by the following equation: Quantity CH4=(FA<C16/Total FAs)*a*(milk production)b in which: quantity CH4 (in g/litre of milk)=quantity of methane produced; FA<C16=quantity of fatty acids with 16 carbon atoms or less; Total FAs=total quantity of fatty acids; expression of the ratio (FA<C16)/(Total FAs) as a % of total FAs; milk production=quantity of milk produced in kg of milk/animal and per year; a and b are numerical parameters in which a lies between 10 and 13, and b lies between ?0.40 and ?0.45.

Abstract: The present invention relates to uses of ER? modulators in the preparation of medicaments for preventing and/or treating hormone dependant cancers and other proliferative disorders, as well as diagnosis of hormone dependant cancers and other proliferative disorders. The present invention also teaches a method of screening agents for their use in preventing and/or treating hormone dependant cancers and other proliferative disorders.