A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of alfalfa-based molt diets on molting performance and bone qualities. A total of 36 Single Comb White Leghorn hens were used for the study. There were 6 treatments: pretrial control (PC), fully fed (FF), feed withdrawal (FW), 90% alfalfa:10% layer ration (A90), 80% alfalfa:20% layer ration (A80), and 70% alfalfa:30% layer ration (A70). For the PC t...

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of various starvation and refeeding periods on growth, feed utilization and body composition in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) with an average initial weight of 30.26±1.4 g (mean±SE). The fish were exposed to three different regimes: the control group fed twice daily to apparent satiation throughout the experiment (C), th...

At the level of a mother's basic biology, the decision to bottle feed unwittingly mimics conditions associated with the death of an infant. Child loss is a well documented trigger for depression particularly in mothers, and growing evidence shows that bottle feeding is a risk factor for postpartum depression. The implications of this hypothesis for infant feeding practices, hospital procedures ...

THE widespread use of antibiotics for feeding swine during recent years has followed early work in that field by Cunha et al. (1949) and Jukes and coworkers (1950). Other reports from a number of workers have indicated that various antibiotics have different optimum levels at which they should be fed. For aureomycin, 5.0 to 10.0 rag. per lb. of feed were found to give satisfactory results durin...

Shallow groundwater is heavily contaminated with arsenic in Bangladesh. The results of a total of 77 samples in two studied upazilas Daudkandi and Begumganj showed elevated levels of arsenic contents in tube well water (range: 0.29-0.71 ppm, n = 6), soils (range: 5.64-29.47 ppm DW, n =16), human scalp hair, (range: 2.41-14.91 ppm DW, n = 8), kachu (range: 0.11-3.89 ppm FW, n = 5), water spinach...