A total of 1110 broiler cockerels were used in three experiments to determine the availability of iron and copper from various sources. A skim milk basal diet was fed in each experiment using chicks maintained in battery brooders beginning at one day of age. Four organic iron compounds (sequestered iron A' and ferric choline chloride in Experiment 1 and sequestered iron B and C in Experiment 2)...

A panel of 30 previously characterized strains representing five genomovars from the Burkholderia cepacia complex (E. Mahenthiralingam, T. Coenye, J. W. Chung, D. P. Speert, J. R. W. Govan, P. Taylor, and P. Vandamme, J. Clin. Microbiol. 38:910--913, 2000) were examined for their iron protoporphyrin IX-binding ability. These included B. cepacia genomovars I and III and B. stabilis (formerly B. ...

Heparan with a low affinity for antithrombin III has previously been demonstrated to inhibit thrombin generation in both normal plasma and plasma depleted of antithrombin III. In addition, standard heparin and heparin with a low affinity for antithrombin III have been demonstrated to have equivalent inhibitory actions on thrombin generation in plasma depleted of antithrombin III. These observat...

The cementitious materials under consideration by Caltrans for rigid pavement construction may be classified into four categories: Portland cements and blends, calcium aluminate cements and blends, calcium sulfoaluminate cements, and fly ash-based cements. With the exception of Portland cements, most of the cementitious materials under consideration have not been extensively used for pavement c...

We determined the geochemical characteristics of sediments and measured rates of the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) and sulfate reduction (SR) in samples collected near thermogenic (structure II) gas hydrate mounds and in areas lacking hydrates along the continental slope in the Gulf of Mexico. We used radiotracer (C-14 and S-35) techniques to determine rates of AOM and SR over depth in s...

A 403-day in situ field experiment at Ocean Drilling Program Site 892B sought to quantify the flux of methane along a fluid-active fault and to experimentally determine rates of methane hydrate and authigenic carbonate deposition associated with fluid expulsion from the borehole. An instrument package was deployed that osmotically sampled fluid, measured borehole pressure and flow rates, and co...

BACKGROUND The tolerability of oral iron supplementation for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia is disputed. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to quantify the odds of GI side-effects in adults related to current gold standard oral iron therapy, namely ferrous sulfate. METHODS Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating GI side-effects that included ferrous...

Abstract Background Some researches have shown the association between iron deficiency and migraine headache in adults. The aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of ferrous sulfate treatment on migraine headaches of 5-15 years old migraineur children with iron deficiency. Materials and Methods In a quasi- experimental study, monthly frequency, seve...