This study was designed to determine the effect of physical form and urea treatment of rice straw on rumen fermentation, microbial protein synthesis and nutrient digestibility. Four rumen-fistulated dairy steers were randomly assigned according to a 2 (2 factorial arrangement in a 4 (4 Latin square design to receive four dietary treatments. Factor A was roughage source: untreated rice straw (RS...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum ii; cp) is used widely as an antitumor drug in clinics, but is accompanied with renal toxicity. cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity consists of change in kidney weight, histological changes in kidney and increase in serum creatinine (cr) and blood urea nitrogen (bun). this study was designed to find o...

Accepted: 21/07/2014 Abstract A study was conducted for 150 days in crossbred cows to assess the effect of high energy diet on production performance in early lactation. Eighteen crossbred cows within 10-15 days of lactation were selected and divided into three groups of six each. They were fed with concentrate mixture containing 65 % of total digestible nutrient and 17 % crude protein with 35 ...

Sixty Ghezel ewes (age 3.5 years) were used to study the effect of different nitrogenous supplements in flushing ration on reproductive performance. Experimental treatments were divided in five groups: group A: urea; group B: soybean meal (SBM); group C: corn gluten meal (CGM); group D: barley grain and group E: control or basal diet (no flushing). The four flushing rations had nearly the same ...

A study was conducted to evaluate effects of age at weaning on various growth characteristics and stress measures of Zandi lambs. The lambs were weaned at 45 and 90 days of age. The body weights and average daily gain (ADG) were monitored during the experimental period and 5 months of age. Cortisol, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and lamb behavior (agitation, vocalization) were recorded bef...

Introduction: Vincristine (VCR) is potential anti-cancer drug that is highly toxic for renal tissue. This study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of alcoholic extract of saffron stigma against vincristine renal toxicity in male rats. Methods: A total number of 50 rats were randomly divided into 10 groups. Different doses of VCR (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75mg/kg) and saffron (0.5 and ...

Measurement of serum creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) are used as indicators of glomerular filtration rate. The increased levels of these biomarkers are usually detectable at advanced stages of kidney complications. The aim of this study was to find the interrelationship of beta-2 microglobulin (β2M), BUN and Cr in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus in rabbits. Diabetes...

Sir, I read with great interest the article by Lyndon et al. [1]. They analyzed data of a prospective trial [2] to investigate the difference between prescribed and delivered continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) doses and concluded that there was a large gap between the delivered and prescribed dose. This is important for interventional studies comparing intensive versus less intensive d...

objective(s):   this study aimed to address the gold nanoparticle(gnp)-dose and exposure duration effect on the kidney function of rats: in vivo.   materials and methods: a total of 32 healthy male wistar rats were used in this study. animals were randomly divided into groups, three gnp-treated groups and control group. group 1, 2 and 3 received. /5 cc of solution containing 5, 10,100 ppm au vi...

background: contrast nephropathy will increase mortality up to 30% following angiographic procedures. adenosine is a crucial mediator of contrast-induced nephropathy. the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the adenosine antagonist theophylline reduces the incidence of cn after coronary angiography. methods: in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial study,...