1. Pigs consuming a diet containing 300 g linseed meal/kg and a pyridoxine supplement showed greater growth, nitrogen retention, blood packed cell volume and haemoglobin than those receiving only the basal diet. 2. Tryptophan-load tests on unsupplemented pigs revealed an increased excretion of kynurenine, Nalpha-acetylkynurenine and xanthurenic acid compared to those receiving additional pyrido...

A 75 days feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary supplementation of multi-strain (Bacillus sp.) probiotic (22×109 CFU/g) on growth and hematological parameters of Barbonymus gonionotus. A total 270 uniformed size (length 2.40±0.16 cm and weight 4.25±0.01g) fishes were equally and randomly distributed in nine (three treatments each with three replication) glass aquaria ...

BACKGROUND Garlic and its constituents are reported to have been effective in reducing methane emission and also influence glucose metabolism in body; however, studies in ruminants using garlic leaves are scarce. Garlic leaves contain similar compounds as garlic bulbs, but are discarded in field after garlic bulb harvest. We speculate that feeding garlic leaves might show similar effect as garl...

The aim of this study was to compare the n-alkanes and the ytterbium (Yb)/faecal index techniques as two methods for estimating the herbage intake of dairy cows fed indoors on different herbage : supplement ratios and feeding levels. The supplement was a mixture of maize silage and soyabean meal (ratio of 87 : 13 on a dry matter (DM) basis). In all, four treatments were studied. The herbage : s...

An experiment was conducted to determine whether supplementation of Anti-Phospholipase A2(aPLA2) would alter feed efficiency (FE), animal performance, the acute phase response (APR) and blood differentials (BD) of steers during the transition from background to finishing beef cattle diets. Individual daily dry matter (DMI) intake and performance was measured on 80 cross-bred steers during a 141...

BACKGROUND Zinc deficiency is a significant problem, in developing countries and in vegetarians, which can be caused by plant-based diets. Thus, dietary strategies, such as fermentation, to improve zinc bioavailability of diets should be investigated. OBJECTIVE To improve zinc bioavailability in a plant-based diet by the inclusion of fermented food. DESIGN Cassava tubers were fermented and ...