At weaning, 162 sows were assigned randomly to six treatments (27 in each treatment) according to a 2 X 3 factorial arrangement: two levels of supplementary folic acid (0 and 5 mg/kg of diet) and three treatments to stimulate ovulation (none, flushing and pregnant mare serum gonadotropin [PMSG] injection). All sows were mated twice within 7 d after weaning. Of the 162 animals originally selecte...

this study investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with calcium salts of fatty acids using 48 afshari ewes randomly allocated to four treatments. all groups used in flushing period and only the source of energy were different between rations. the ewes were divided into four groups: a-barely grain; group b-received 5% of csfa with source of flaxseed oil (w3); group c-received 5% of cs...

Jones, J.R., M.F. Knowlton and D.V. Obrecht. 2008. Role of land cover and hydrology in determining nutrients in mid-continent reservoirs: implications for nutrient criteria and management. Lake Reserv. Manage. 24:1−9. Effects of nutrient input, hydraulic flushing rate and depth on reservoir nutrients were examined in the mid-continent landscape of the Ozark Highlands and Plains in Missouri and ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study is to evaluate the risk of metabolic syndrome (MS) according to alcohol consumption for those subjects showing facial flushing, as well as the absence of facial flushing. METHODS One thousand two hundred and one males were recruited in the health promotion center of a university hospital. Evaluation of alcohol consumption and facial flushing was assesse...

Two potential measures for increasing water use efficiency in a municipal sports center were evaluated: (1) the reuse of originating from showers flushing toilets indoor football court building; and (2) swimming pool filter backwashing irrigation. In building total annual consumption is around 3,500.5 m3 approximately 1,785.26 m3. Therefore, greywater generated can be reused toilet flushing, wh...