BACKGROUND Treatment of breast cancer can lead to abnormally shaped anteroposterior spinal curvatures, which consequently leads to functional disturbances of trunk muscles. The aim of the paper was to investigate the correlation between trunk muscle function and type of body posture in women receiving treatment for breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty women following treatment of breast ...

The present study pertains to estimation of body weight of Vigova Super M, broiler ducks using linear and some non linear (log, inverse, quadratic, cubic, power, S, compound, logistic, growth and exponential) regression equations. Breast angle was considered as a predictor for estimation of the body weight. The results indicate that quadratic regression equation provided the most accurate estim...

A total of 120 4-week-old broiler chickens were allotted to 12 pens and fed one of three diets including control, oxidized diet (5% oxidized oil), or antioxidant-added diet (500 IU vitamin E) for 2 weeks. Blood samples were collected at the end of feeding trial, and breast muscles were sampled immediately after slaughter. Breast meats were also collected 24 h after slaughter and used for meat q...

The objective of this study was to compare fatty acid weight percentages and cholesterol concentrations of longissimus dorsi (LD), semitendinosus (ST), and supraspinatus (SS) muscles (n = 10 for each) of range bison (31 mo of age), feedlot-finished bison (18 mo of age), range beef cows (4 to 7 yr of age), feedlot steers (18 mo of age), free-ranging cow elk (3 to 5 yr of age), and chicken breast...

body weight (bw) and carcass traits are complex and important economic traits that may benefit from the implementation of mas. the objective of the current study was to identify qtl associated with bw and carcass traits in an experimental half-sib cross of japanese quails selected for bw at 4 weeks of age. body weight and carcass traits were measured in the f2 population. total f2 individuals a...

We investigated the effects of crossbreeding on slaughter traits and the chemical composition of chicken breast muscle. Trials were conducted using 120 broilers from four lines: Xiao-Shan chicken (XS), Xian-Ju chicken (XJ), Xiao-Shan chicken♂ × Xian-Ju chicken♀ (Zhenan 1, ZNY1) and Xiao-Shan chicken♂ × (Guang-Xi Yellow chicken♂×XianJu chicken♀)  ♀ (Zhenan 2, ZNY2). The birds were slaughte...

background: limited data are available indicating associates of stunting among iranian c hildren. objective: this study was conducted to investigate determinants of stunting in first grade primary school children of tehran in 2007. methods: in this case‑control study, 3147 school children were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method from 5 districts of tehran. anthropometric measu...