We conducted two experiments to evaluate the effects of corn supplementation, source of corn, and corn particle size on performance and nutrient utilization of lactating dairy cows. In experiment 1, treatments were 1) direct-cut grass-legume forage without supplement, 2) direct-cut forage plus 10 kg DM of ground dry shelled corn-based concentrate, and 3) direct-cut forage plus 10 kg DM of coars...

Previous studies indicate that Matricaria chamomilla (MC), a folk remedy plant, is very useful in the treatment of spasmogenic bowel diseases but the way of its action is not clear. For this purpose, we studied the effect of MC extract on the electrically activation in Guinea-Pig ileum in an invitro model. We used guinea pig in this study. After of kill, we brouhght out a piece of ileum and fix...

Inhalational insulin was withdrawn from the market due to its potential to produce airway hyper-reactivity and bronchoconstriction. So the present study was designed to explore the acute effects of insulin on airway reactivity of guinea pigs and protective effects of salbutamol and ipratropium against insulin induced airway hyper-responsiveness on isolated tracheal smooth muscle of guinea pig. ...

Onion (Allium Cepa) contains high levels of flavonoids. Although there are many studies indicating the inhibitory effects of flavonoids on xanthine oxidase, there is no report on the effect of onion on this enzyme. Therefore, in the present study, the inhibitory effects of onion on xanthine oxidase are investigated. Fresh filtered juice of onion was prepared and its inhibitory effect on guine...

Background: Fibroblast cell lines have different application in biological research including nuclear transfer in cloning, feeder layer of embryonic stem cells, wound healing research and tissue engineering. The objective of the present study was to determine the proper pregnancy age for collecting and culturing guinea pig fetal fibroblast. Materials and Methods: Guinea pig fetuses were collect...

A 3-yr, multi-state survey of farmers who had planted transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn was conducted to evaluate perceptions of Bt corn performance and its utility as a management option for European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner). A questionnaire was sent to farmers in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania who had grown Bt corn during the growing sea...

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Optical interferometers are commonly used for a variety of applications, including spectral analysis, displacement measurements, and gyroscopes. They were also proposed, in a more limited sense, for applications involving image processing.' In what follows we describe three new interferometers that implement mathematical operations on images borne by coherent input laser beams. Each interferome...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of extrusion of corn on nutrient digestibility, metabolizable energy and performance in poultry under tropical environment. In experiment 1, twenty one male broilers were allotted in an individual metabolic cage and fed mash diets with: 1) basal diet containing 45.7% dextrose; 2) 40% substitution of normal corn for dextrose and 3) 40% subst...