Divergent selection for heat loss was applied to lines of mice for 15 generations (G) in 3 replicates. Selection resumed at G42 and continued through G51 across all replicates. At the end of G51, differences in heat loss and feed intake per unit of BW were approximately 56 and 34%, respectively, between high heat loss (MH) and low heat loss (ML) lines, as a percentage of the control line (MC) m...

Feed intake and efficiency of growth are economically important traits of beef cattle. This study determined the relationships of daily DMI, feed:gain ratio [F:G, which is the reciprocal of the efficiency of gain (G:F) and therefore increases as the efficiency of gain decreases and vice versa, residual feed intake (RFI), and partial efficiency of growth (efficiency of ADG, PEG) with growth and ...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using protexin, propionic acid growth promoters, and a blend of them on broilers performance. in a completely randomized design, three hundreds and twenty unsexed 1-d-old chicks were divided into four groups. dietary treatments were consisted of 1) control diet without any supplement, 2) the control diet + 0.01 % protexin, 3) the contr...

Divergent selection in mice was applied in 3 independent replicates for high (maintenance high; MH) and low (maintenance low; ML) heat loss for 16 generations. An unselected control (maintenance control; MC) was also maintained in all replicates. Selection ceased for 26 generations; heat-loss measurement and selection resumed at generation 42. Lactation performance, dam weight, dam feed intake,...

Residual feed intake (RFI) is an increasingly used trait to analyze efficiency in livestock, and some sectors such as dairy cattle, it one of the most frequently traits. Although principle for calculating RFI always same (i.e., using residual a regression on performance predictors), wide range models are found literature, with different predictors, ways considering intake, more recently, statis...

abstract bottom rack intake is one of the most popular structures used for diverting water in mountain region. corrosion and rotten problems of bottom racks inspire the introduction of a new system of bottom intake in which a porous media is replaced by the bottom rack. obviously, clogging and reduction of diverted discharge are the most important problems in this new system, too. in this paper...