Obesity causes many problems such as cardiovascular and chronic kidney diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of retinoic acid and atorvastatin co-administration in kidneys protection against high-fat diet induced damage. Twenty-five male Wistar rats (200.00 ± 20.00 g) were divided into five groups: 1) Control (standard diet), 2) High-fat diet (cholesterol 1.00%, 75 days),...

Once it has been decided to provide nutritional support via the enteral route the best formulation to meet the nutritional needs of the individual patient must be selected. A large number of enteral diets are now commercially available, and Table 1 summarises the different categories available. Until recently, controversy existed as to whether enteral feeds formulated and prepared in the hospit...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ascites-related physiological and metabolic parameters in broiler chickens fed with different components of bentonite. Two hundred and seven days old Arian male chicks were allocated into five dietary treatment groups including 1) basal diet (control); 2) basal diet + 1% sulphated sodium bentonite (SSB); 3) basal diet + 1% non-processed sodi...

objective(s) in addition to antihypertensive effects, amlodipine may exhibit cardiovascular protective effects in heart tissue. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of amlodipine and/or high cholesterol diet on blood, heart tissue concentration and mrna expression of endothelin-1 (et-1) in male new zealand white rabbits. materials and methods a total of 40 male new zealand rabbits ...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different proportions of lemon bee brush essential oil on growth performance, carcass composition, and hematology and biochemical parameters of common carp (cyprinus carpio). common carp with an average weight of 8 ± 0.2 g were fed for one month with a diet supplemented with lemon beebrush essential oil (0.15 and 0.3 ml) and with normal diet a...

background: biofloc technology is considered  a method that degrades organic waste by microorganisms and produces bacterial flocculation. objectives: this study was performed to evaluate of the application of biofloc technology in therearing of common carp (cyprinus carpio) fingerlings in intensive culture. methods: the experiment was designed in four treatments (commercial diet as a control, 7...

this study was conducted to investigate the effects of l-carnitine and different levels of animal fat on performance, carcass characteristics and some blood parameters of broiler chickens. two hundred one-day old male broiler chicks were allotted to5 treatments in 4 replicates and 10 birds in each replicate. dietary treatments consisted of: 1) diet with 5% vegetable oil (t1), 2) diet with 5% ve...