UNLABELLED ♦ OBJECTIVE Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infection is a common cause of catheter loss and the main reason for PD drop-out. Exit-site infection (ESI) is a pathway to developing tunnel infection and peritonitis, hence rigorous exit-site care has always been emphasized in PD therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of exit-site dressing vs non-dressing on the rate...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH; 0 or 10 mg/lamb daily) and soybean oil (SBO; 0 or 6%) supplementation on feedlot performance, carcass traits, and wholesale cut yield of 32 Dorper × Pelibuey ewe lambs (30.55 ± 2. 57 kg of initial BW). Lambs were blocked by BW and randomly assigned to treatments under a randomized complete block design with...

: Diabetic Foot ulcer is a major disease-causing disability to many patients around the world. Treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), which most common reason for lower-extremity amputation, remains serious healthcare problem. To compare normal saline dressing with collagen in treatment. This comparative study was conducted on 100 patients, randomised into 50 each group, Normal and Collage dr...

The objectives of this study were to measure particle size and evaluate the effect of increasing alfalfa hay particle size on production characteristics in lactating Holstein dairy cows. Ninety multiparous Holstein cows in early to mid-lactation were randomly assigned in a complete randomized design for a 30-day period. Animals were offered one of the three diets, which were identical in energy...

Here we report a product evaluation for a non-adherent, povidone-iodine (PVP-I) dressing, determining the clinical need for the product, performing a literature review, clinical evaluation and cost-analysis, and developing a recommendation. This evaluation included 20 patients who experienced dressing pain with the previous antimicrobial dressing. Two patients discontinued the evaluation and fo...

OBJECTIVE Dressing is an important activity of daily living, yet many older adults have difficulty due to impairments. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of assistive devices for dressing by older persons with impairments, and to look at differences among frail elders with no dressing difficulty, upper-extremity-only dressing difficulty, lower-extremity-only dressing difficulty, a...

The aim of the experiment was to study the effect of feeding system on meat quality characteristics of Small East African (SEA) goats and their crosses with Norwegian (SEA×N) goats finished under small scale farming conditions. Twenty four castrated goats at the age of 18 months with live body weight of 16.7±0.54 kg from each breed (SEA and SEA×N) were distributed in a completely randomized des...

The objective of this study was to evaluate and quantify the genetic progress achieved in a New Zealand Angus nucleus herd through long-term selection for an economically based, multi-trait breeding objective. A 4-trait breeding objective was implemented in 1976 and selected on through 1993 with traits consisting of slaughter weight and dressing percentage of harvest progeny and cull cows, and ...

This study was done for comparative evaluation of Hydrogel dressing with conventional dressing in 2nd degree burns involving up to 25 % of the total body surface area in our S.S.G. Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat state, India from June 2005 to November 2006. In one group treatment with Hydrogel dressing was continued every three days and in the other group conventional dressing with Silver Sulfadia...