The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of supplement type on performance, reproductive, and physiological responses of grazing yearling beef heifers. Sixty Brahman x British crossbred heifers were stratified by initial body weight (BW) and age, and randomly allocated to 12 pens (five heifers/pen). Pens were randomly assigned to one of two treatments: 1) molasses-based su...

for determination and comparison between feeding value of rape silage and its hay, two groups of seven head weaned lamb with the same body weight and breed were fed for a 100 days period of these feeds and a same amount of barley as a nutritive supplement. each animal was fed approximately 130gr of crude protein and 1730 kcal net energy (nrc standard recommendation 1985). the animals were weigh...

The prevalence of cardiac cachexia in chronic heart failure is approximately 5% to 15% and 18-month mortality rates can reach 50%. Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers may confer some benefit but no proven therapy exists. We tested the effects of an oral nutritional supplement in cachectic patients with heart failure. This was a prospective, randomized, doub...

The stomach is a source of several circulating peptides/hormones, such as gastrin, pancreastatin, leptin and ghrelin, which are thought to play important roles in the regulation of food intake and body growth. The present study was undertaken in mice in order to examine the effects of diet composition on the body weight gain and the gastric cells that produce these peptides/hormones. Both young...

Forty-seven dairy heifers of approximately 10 d of age were assigned to a factorial experiment in which a supplement of folic acid (0 or 40 mg) administered weekly by i.m. injection and level of feed intake were the two factors studied. The heifers were weaned after 5 wk of experimentation. Following weaning, and until the end of the experiment, 11 wk later, they had ad libitum access to grass ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a locally made ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in decreasing mild to moderate malnutrition. DESIGN A randomized open label, controlled trial. SETTING Pre-schools run by the Department of Community Health in Kaniyambadi administrative block, Vellore, India; duration of follow-up 3 months from the date of recruitment. PARTICIPANTS Pupils aged ...

background: given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour university. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 269 newly born babies and their mothers in hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour un...

Background & aim: The fruit of Citrullus colocynthis has a bitter taste and antibacterial properties against pathogen factors.The aim of current research was to study the effects of different dietary level of bitter cucumber fruit powderwith and without protexin probiotic supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits and intestinal morphology of broiler chicks....

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of the addition of a multi enzyme (natuzyme-p) to corn-soybean based diets and to determine the enzyme's nutrient equivalency on broiler chicks’ performance. ninety six day-old male broiler chicks were randomly assigned to a number of 24 battery cages in a completely randomized design. the chicks were grown up to 6 wk of age. six diets (...

Background & aim: The fruit of Citrullus colocynthis has a bitter taste and antibacterial properties against pathogen factors.The aim of current research was to study the effects of different dietary level of bitter cucumber fruit powderwith and without protexin probiotic supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits and intestinal morphology of broiler chicks....