BACKGROUND Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E(1) analogue that has been used for medical abortion. We conducted this prospective study to compare the efficacy of vaginal misoprostol for abortion in women at a gestational age of <42 days and in women at a gestational age of 42-56 days. METHODS A total of 160 women seeking medical termination of a pregnancy of <56 days were enrolled in the study....

in order to evaluate the effects of ascites on blood gas parameters and internal organ weights, 335 broilers related to parental lines was studied. one hundred sixty-one male broilers and one hundred seventy-four females selected randomly and studied under two treatments of control and ascites. at 54 days of age, body weight and body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion rate between the...

this study evaluated the effects of drinking thyme essence (dte) (zero, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 ml/l) on growth performance, immune response and changing of intestinal bacterial population in broiler chickens. a total number of 500 day old male broiler chicks (ross 308), were randomly assigned to 4 treatments with 5 replicates and 25 chickens per each, based on a completely randomized design (crd)....

The present study was carried out to examine the effects of a vitamin premix (VP) reduction or withdrawal from finisher diet (29-43 days) on performance, immuno-competence, and characteristics of leg bones and meat lipid oxidation of chickens fed on corn-soybean meal based diet. A total of 900 male broiler chickens (Ross 308) were allocated to five treatment groups (0, 33%, 66%, 100% and 133% V...

this study was carried out to evaluate the effects of satureja khuzistanica essential oils (skeo) on performance, serum metabolites and differential counts of white blood cells in broiler chickens. a total of 280 one-day-old straight-run cobb 500 broiler chickens were allocated into seven treatment groups with four replicates of 10 birds each from day 1 to 42 of age. the birds were continuously...