OBJECTIVE Our study provides information on phenotypes of local chickens and guinea fowl and their body measures as well as on major genes in local chickens in northern Ghana. METHODS Qualitative and morphometric traits were recorded on 788 local chickens and 394 guinea fowl in urban households in Tamale, Ghana. RESULTS The results showed considerable variation of color traits and numerous ...

OBJECTIVE We analyse temporal trends and regional variation among the most recent available anthropometric data from German conscription in the years 2008-2010 and their historical contextualization since 1956. Design/setting/subjects The overall sample included German conscripts (N 13 857 313) from 1956 to 2010. RESULTS German conscripts changed from growing in height to growing in breadth. ...

BACKGROUND Recently, in a cross-sectional study of 201 children in Araihazar, Bangladesh, exposure to arsenic (As) in drinking water has been shown to lower the scores on tests that measure children's intellectual function before and after adjustment for sociodemographic features. OBJECTIVES We investigated the effects of As and fluoride exposure on children's intelligence and growth. METHO...

The accurate definition of physiologic normality in man is a prerequisite to quantitation of disease. It has long been known that the total lung volume or a subdivision thereof of a person has limited significance as an isolated measurement unless it can be compared to a normal value. Although the ranges of normality of the various subdivisions, when expressed as a percentage of the normal tota...

The article examines the anthropometric indicators, from standpoint of sexual dimorphism, acrobats and female various roles non-sports persons aged 9 to 23, representatives Dnipropetrovsk region. purpose study: study physical status people who do not play sports, which is considered point view dimorphism. It was found that acrobat girls lag behind control group in terms length, body weight, arm...

background & aim:  this study aimed to determine the relationship between lipid and apolipoprotein b-100 (apo b-100) levels in maternal and umbilical cord sera as well as the effects of these components on anthropometric measurements of newborn infants. methods:this correlational study was performed on 85 appropriate for gestational age (aga) newborns and their mothers. for analysis, 5 ml of ma...

ABSTRACT. Galur kambing Senduro ditetapkan melalui Keputusan Menteri Pertanian Republik Indonesia Nomor 1055/Kpts/SR.120/10/2014. Kambing sebagai kekayaan sumber daya genetik ternak lokal memiliki fenotip yang dapat diukur berdasarkan sifat kuantitatifnya. Penelitian pertama bertujuan untuk mengkaji betina pada tinggi pundak, panjang badan, lingkar dada, bobot dan telinga. kedua menghubungkan k...

background: the metabolic syndrome (mes) is associated with a high risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as well as cut-off points for waist circumference (wc) for diagnosis of mes in zahedan, southeast iran. methods: totally, 1802 people (735 men and 1067 women) with metabolic syndrome were surveyed a...

The live weight of bulls at 9 months age groups II, III and IV (crossbreed 1) was 305.6, 304.1 307.6 kg, respectively, compared with peers group I 15.3 kg (5.0%), 13.8 (4.5%) 17.3 (5.6%) were higher (P≤0.001). Also, for a 9-month growth period, the average daily gain in II 1018.5 g, which amounted to 62.2 g or 6.1% (P≤0.001), 25.9 2.5% (P≤0.01) 24.4 2.4%. (P≤0.01). According external parameters...