Efforts are being made to express toxin genes from the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in chickpea for minimizing the losses due to the pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera. However, there is an apprehension that acidic exudates in chickpea leaves may influence the protoxin-toxin conversion in the insect midgut, and thus, reduce the efficacy of Bt toxins. Therefore, we studied the influence o...

published data on the effects of essential oils (eo) on in vivo nutrient digestibility in sheep are contradictory. in 2 experiments, the effect of thymol and carvacrol on nutrient digestibility was studied in sheep fed with high (70%) or low (52%) concentrate diets, using incomplete latin square designs. the essential oils were mixed with the concentrate portion of the diet at the rate of 0.0, ...

the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of organic selenium and vitamin e on performance and meat quality in japanese quail. four hundred eighty quails were carried out in a completely randomized design with two levels of organic selenium (0.2 and 0.4 mg/kg) and three levels of vitamin e (18, 90 and 180 mg/kg). four replicates with 20 quails were allocated to ...

a eight-week trial was carried out to investigate the effects of various levels and type of organic selenium as compared to inorganic selenium. total of 81 layer hens (lsl) 35 weeks of age were used in a randomized complete blocks with 9 treatments, 3 replications of 3 birds per experimental unit. treatment diets included control 0/3 mg/kg sodium selenite and selenium yeast, (250 mg/kg, 500 mg/...

Svoboda M., R. Ficek, J. Drábek: Efficacy of Organic Selenium from Se-Enriched Yeast on Selenium Transfer from Sows to Piglets. Acta Vet. Brno 2008, 77: 515-521. The aim of the trial was to determine the efficacy of organic Se from Se-enriched yeast in placental transfer to piglets in the conditions of a Czech pig farm. In group I (n = 8) the sows were fed during gestation and lactation a diet ...

Three experiments wereconducted to evaluate chemical characteristics, intestinal absorption and bioavailability of manganese(Mn)from organic, inorganic and nano sources of Mn. In experiment 1, inorganic sources of Mn including Mn-sulphate and Mn-oxide, organic sources of Mn as Mn-glycinate and Mn-bioplex and FRA® easy dry Mn as a nano source of Mn were subjected to elemental analysis and solubi...

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of betaine alone or combined with organic acids and inulin on ileal and total tract nutrient digestibilities and intestinal microbial fermentation characteristics in piglets. In total, 24 four-week-old barrows with an average initial body weight of 6.7 kg were used in two consecutive experiments with 12 piglets each. Betaine, organic acids and ...

Sixteen rams (mean age: 13 mo; mean live weight: 40.0 ± 2.4 kg) were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments in a completely randomized design (4 rams per treatment). Diets (dry matter basis) contained 65% concentrate and 35% alfalfa hay (control diet, T1), 35% wheat straw (T2), 35% barley straw (T3) or 35% maize straw (T4). Total-tract apparent digestibility for dry matter, organic matter...