Dolenec, Z.: Breeding characteristics of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in NW Croatia. Nat. Croat., Vol. 11, No. 4., 439–445, 2002, Zagreb. The research was carried out in the village of Mokrice (46°00'N, 15°55'E) in NW Croatia during 1998–1999. Egg length averaged 19.16 mm, egg breadth 13.72 mm, egg volume 1840.8 mm3, egg shape index 1.40 and egg weight 1.81 g (during both years). The nest...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the probiotic effects of different concentrations of four selected native Lactobacillus strains on laying performance and egg quality parameters of quails. To do this, a six-week farm trial was performed in completely randomized design with seven different probiotic treatments of four replicates each consisting of eight quails, resulti...

UNLABELLED Chondrocyte dedifferentiation presents a major barrier in engineering functional cartilage constructs. To mitigate the effects of dedifferentiation, this study employed a post-expansion aggregate culture step to enhance the chondrogenic phenotype of passaged articular chondrocytes (ACs) before their integration into self-assembled neocartilage constructs. The objective was twofold: (...

The influence of dietary oxidized oil was studied on laying hen performance, egg quality and blood metabolites.  Experiment was conducted on 160 laying hens (Hy-Line W-36, 54-61 wk of age) in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicated cages containing eight birds per cage. Dietary treatments replaced fresh soybean oil in the control diet (3% fresh soybean oil, 15.25...

field studies were conducted during the cotton crop seasons in 2003 and 2004 at ccs haryana agricultural university, hisar, to identify mortality factors in the egg stage of helicoverpa armigera (hübner) (lepidoptera: noctuidae) in the insecticide-free cotton fields to gain an insight into the role of these factors in causing egg specific mortality. eggs were collected from cotton fields on dif...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of sunflower meal (SFM) and niacin on laying hens performances, biochemical parameters, antioxidant status, and egg yolk cholesterol concentration. A total of 960, White Leghorn (Hy-Line W-36) commercial layers were randomly assigned to 12 groupsof 8 replicates with 10 hens each. Hens were allocated to diets 1 through 12 in a 3...

this experiment carried out to evaluate replacing effects of oyster shell (os) with filter cake (fc) of sugar beet industry on performance and quantity and quality of egg in  laying hens .in this trial the filter cake in two physical forms of powder and pellet in  five levels of 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% replaced for oyster shell. each treatment had 3 replications. the experiment lasted 3 periods...

The reticulum cell sarcoma (RCS) 1 of S JL / J mice has been shown to express alien histocompatibility membrane antigens (1, 2). This form of tumor antigen is, by definition, present on cancerous, but not normal, syngeneic tissues. However, it differs from other forms of tumor-associated antigens because it is a normal membrane component of one or more strains allogeneic to the host (3). In the...