________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract An experiment was conducted, using 960 sexed broiler chicks between 7 and 21 d of age, to measure their response to increasing contents of faba bean in the feed. The experimental design consisted of two sexes, six levels of faba bean (0 to 250 g/kg feed), two feed forms (mash and pellets) and two levels of...

Cases of infants with life-threatening nutritional deficiencies due to certain strict vegetarian or macrobiotic diets have recently been reported.'-7 It has been suggested that in some instances this should be regarded as a form of child abuse.' We have recently come across infants who have been severely ill as a result of similar nutritionally inadequate diets. During the past 12 months nine h...

Consumers expect organic products to be healthier. However, limited research has been performed to study the effect of organic food on health. The present study aimed to identify biomarkers of health to enable future studies in human subjects. A feeding experiment was performed in two generations of three groups of chickens differing in immune responsiveness, which were fed identically composed...

Feeds contribute highly to environmental impacts of livestock products. Therefore, formulating low-impact feeds requires data on environmental impacts of feed ingredients with consistent perimeters and methodology for life cycle assessment (LCA). We created the ECOALIM dataset of life cycle inventories (LCIs) and associated impacts of feed ingredients used in animal production in France. It pro...

In Brazil, Anodontites trapesialis is a mussel species that occurs spontaneously in fish breeding sites. This feeds on the remains of cultural treatments other aquaculture species. The objective work to understand bromatological composition A. trapesialis. Individuals were selected compose three samples 500 g each for chemical composition, with viscera and + shells being evaluated. presented 40...

AIMS To assess what is known about the risks associated with errors in reconstituting the present generation of infant formula feeds, and to examine which methods are likely to be safest. METHODS Systematic review, and examination of the range of infant formula products currently on sale in the UK. Studies from developed countries conducted after 1977 were included. All studies investigating ...

In the last twenty years, elaborate models have been developed to formulate diets with greater accuracy in meeting the protein and amino acid requirements of lactating dairy cattle. Models for feeding protein to dairy cattle in the USA evolved from basic crude protein (NRC, 1978) to more complex systems based on rumen undegraded protein (RUP) and intestinal digestion of RUP (NRC, 2001). The NRC...

BACKGROUND Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of fracture, and have poor food intake subsequently. OBJECTIVES To review the effects of nutritional interventions in older people recovering from hip fracture. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register (September 2008), the Cochrane Central Register of Contr...