this study was performed with growing chicken (14 to 56 d of age) to evaluate the effects of feeding them a barley or triticale-based diet. the treatments were corn diet (1) as a control, hulless barley diet with (5) or without (2) enzyme, triticale diet with (6) or without (3) enzyme and hulled barley diet with (7) or without (4) a commercial β-glucanase enzyme. in a digestibility trial, 21 ma...

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of garlic (Allium sativum) on growth survival and nutritional characteristics of goldfish (Carassius auratus). For this purpose, 180 goldfish with an average initial weight of 1.18± 0.08 g were introduced randomly into 12 aquaria (50×30×40 cm) at 4 groups. After one week feeding on basal diet, the treatments were fed on exper...

Today, due to the interest of consumers in nutritional properties of food, the demands for the production of functional foods have increased. Pasta is one of the most important and high-quality cereals products that has gained a special position for the production of functional foods, due to its high nutritional value, reasonable prices, ease of production and maintenance, and quality stability...

Streptocus tmophilus, as a species designation (Orla-Jensen, 1919), has included those members of the nonhemolytic streptococci that possess the unusual combination of characteristics of extreme salt sensitivity, nonobligate thermophily, a rigorous fermentative pattern with respect to certain sugars (Sherman, 1937), and, based upon attempts to culture on synthetic media, a notoriety for nutriti...

regarding the nutritional value and availability of acorns in west and southwest of iran, the effects of partial substitution of wheat flour with acorn flour was investigated. wheat flour was replaced by treated acorn flour in the formulation of sponge cake and the quality characteristics were evaluated. density of cakes was increased with increasing the acorn flour. as the substitution degree ...

background & aim: nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (nvp) is among the most common problems in pregnant women. as explained in guidelines, combination of non-drug treatments, including nutritional modifications, lifestyle changes, and use of alternative medicine for the treatment of nvp has been less highlighted. the present study was performed with the aim of determining the effect of an ed...

INTRODUCTION There is an increasing use of enteral therapy at home, which reduces costs and improves patients' quality of life. Homemade food diets are being commonly used in the households of undeveloped countries, but those diets vary in composition and characteristics depending on the ingredients and preparation procedures adopted in its preparation, which influences the quality of the diet ...

this study was conducted to evaluate 13 promising triticale lines and cultivars based on yield traits, metabolizable energy and anti-nutritional compounds. the experiment was carried out using a rcb design with three replications at the seed and plant improvement institute, karaj and gonbad, during 2008-2009 cropping season. these genotypes were studied in the next year, at the animal science r...