Tumor promotion associated with increased dietary fat may be inhib ited by reduction in total caloric intake. This hypothesis was tested in rats given either 7,12-dimethylbenz(fl)anthracene to induce mammary tumors or 1,2-dimethylhydrazine to induce colon tumors. One week after dosage with either carcinogen, the rats were fed semipurified diets that provided 4% fat with ad libitum calories or 1...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of daily walnut consumption on endothelial function, cardiovascular biomarkers, and anthropometric measures in type 2 diabetic individuals. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study was a randomized, controlled, single-blind, crossover trial. Twenty-four participants with type 2 diabetes (mean age 58 years; 14 women and 10 men) were randomly assigned to one of ...

In order to study changes in blood composition during feeding and prolonged fasting, six adult Suffolk ewes received three different diets during three periods of four weeks. Two intake levels (one and three times maintenance) and two roughage/concentrate ratios (100 and 14 p. 100 roughage) were compared according to a twofold latin square. Afterwards the animals were fasted for an 11-day perio...

The effects of feeding finishing diets containing whole corn with no roughage on performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot steers were evaluated in 6 trials conducted at commercial research facilities (Bos Technica Research Services Inc., Salina, KS) in the Southern Plains of the United States. One hundred and two feedlot pens containing 6,895 steers were represented. All trials were d...

The objective of the present study was to determine effect feed restriction systems, herbal mixture and their interactions on growth performance, carcass traits, microbial aspects growing New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit kept from 5 13 weeks age. A 3 × 4 factorial arrangement performed, including three systems (ad-libitum, 90%, 80% ad-libitum) four dietary supplementation levels mix (0, 0.30%, 0....

Osteochondrosis (OC) is one of the main causes of leg weakness causing premature culling in breeding sows and develops in a short time frame in young growing gilts. Dietary restriction may have different effects on OC prevalence depending on the age of the gilts. The aim of this study is to investigate age-dependent effects of dietary restriction, ad libitum vs. restricted (80% of ad libitum), ...

Development of gilts that conceive early and continue to produce offspring is an objective of swine production. We investigated different patterns of growth on reproductive development and performance of gilts through the first farrowing. At 13 wk of age and 43 kg BW, 286 white crossbred gilts were penned individually and assigned to treatments: Ad lib, ad libitum intake from 13 to 25 wk of age...