In this trial effects of feeding pistachio by-product silage with date waste (PBSD) on dry matter intake (DMI), live weight gain and blood parameters of lambs were studied. Ensiling of pistachio by-products (PBP) with date waste increased dry matter (DM) and metabolizable energy (ME), but decreased the percentages of crude protein (CP), total tannins and phenolic compounds (P

The Adirondacks of New York State, USA is a region that is sensitive to atmospheric mercury (Hg) deposition. In this study, we estimated atmospheric Hg deposition to the Adirondacks using a new scheme that combined numerical modeling and limited experimental data. The majority of the land cover in the Adirondacks is forested with 47% of the total area deciduous, 20% coniferous and 10% mixed. We...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of diets containing different levels of milk thistle (0, 100 and 200 g/kg dry matter) and grains (barley and corn) with different rumen degradation rates on rumen bacteria and whole rumen microorganisms (WRM) of Khuzestan buffalo. The gas production (GP) technique, two steps digestion and specific bacteria culture medium methods were us...

Chokeberries (Aronia melanocarpa) are rarely used in diet in Croatia but they have high content of polyphenolic compounds and one of the highest in vitro antioxidant activities among fruits. The aim of this study is to compare the quality, phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of different chokeberry products (juices, powders, fruit tea, capsules and dried berries). It can be expected that ...

ABSTRACT The objective was to evaluate the effect of water salinity and environmental temperature on nutrient consumption, digestibility, nitrogen balance, mineral excretion creole goats. Thirty-six males with an average age 5.0±0.6 months weight 20.0±2.3kg were housed in metabolic cages. They are distributed a completely randomized design, 2×3 type crossover (2 temperatures (T1 = 26±0.6ºC T2 3...

Solid-liquid separation of manure is a method to produce nutrient and dry matter rich fractions with higher volumetric methane potential than that of the original liquid manure. Centrifugation and chemical precipitation and flocculation are efficient options for such separation. Centrifugation efficiency depends on factors such as manure type, G-force, and dewatering volume, while chemical prec...

in order to investigate of different salinity stress and plant densities effects on quantitative and qualitative forage and grain yields of kochia a randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with three replications was used. a field study was conducted in 2011 cropping season in agriculture experiment satiation, college of agriculture, islamic azad university, arak branch treatm...

in order to study the effect of different organic fertilizers on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of fenugreek forage, an experiment was conducted based on completely randomized block design with six treatments and three replications at agricultural research station, college of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, during 2006. the experimental treatments were four orga...