in arid, semiarid, and mediterranean climates, particularly in west asia and north africa, farmers face limited water resources and must develop irrigation management methods to increase crop production while reducing water use. this study examined methods to reduce irrigation water loss and increase maize water productivity at safiabad agricultural research center in dezful, iran in 2007 and 2...

Abstract The determination of the amount non-intact cells (ANIC) in ground beef products is usually performed using a time-consuming and subjective histometric approach neglecting structural properties, which why more objective faster methods including evaluation quality parameters are needed. To determine, whether addition meat batter increases histologically determined ANIC samples containing...

This study evaluates the effect of dietary combination oleuropein extract (1200 mg/kg) and betaine (1000 mg/kg), magnesium oxide (600 ?–tocopheryl acetate (400 or a half-dose these compounds, on pigs’ performance, oxidative status, meat quality characteristics (drip loss, TBARS, texture fatty acid profile intramuscular fat). Sixty-six barrows females were slaughtered at 120 kg BW. Performance c...

A gas chromatography mass spectrometry with spike calibration curve method was used to quantify three carbamate pesticides residue in cooked white rice and to estimate the reduction percentage of the cooking process duration. The selected pesticides are three carbamate pesticides including carbaryl and pirimicarb that their MRL is issued by “The Institute of Standards of Iran” and propoxur whic...

Effects of sodium bicarbonate (SBC) injection on meat quality and functionality of porcine M. longissimus lumborum were investigated. Fifteen pigs (100±5 kg) were randomly selected at a commercial slaughter plant. After slaughtering the loins were dissected from the carcass before chilling at approximately 30 minutes post mortem. The loins were divided into four cuts for sample treatment, and S...

This experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of different levels chromium picolinate (CrPic) and chromium nanoparticles (nano-Cr) on the performance and immune function of broilers under heat stress condition. A total of 320 Ross 308 broiler chicks (from 21 to 42 days) were assigned randomly into eight treatment groups (four replicates per treatment, and 10 chicks per replicate) a...

objective: the usage of pesticides has increased during the recent years. one the other hand, presence of harmful pesticides residue in rice and other food has caused a great concern among the consumers. therefore, it is important to develop some pragmatic procedures to increase the food safety along with the reduction in consumption of pesticide residues. methods: a gas chromatograph with elec...

To measure the effects of dietary fat on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and beef appearance, moisture binding, shelf life, and palatability, 168 crossbred beef steers (317 +/- 1.0 kg) were allotted randomly, within weight blocks, to a randomized complete block design with a 3 x2 + 1 factorial arrangement of dietary treatments. Main effects were level of yellow restaurant grease (...

A fully randomized experimental design, with three hundred and fifty-one days-old Japanese quails located into the seven treatment groups five replicates ten quail each were used in current study. The treatments whereas basal diet basis corn soybean meal (100 200 and) of vitamin E, sesamine thymoquinone. At end study (35 days old) two from pen selected, weighted, slaughtered. carcass percentage...