Fourteen crossbred lambs with an average weight of 29.4 kg were utilized to determine the influence of the nature and amount of dietary lipid intake on the qualitative and quantitative composit ion of the plasma lipid, carcass depot fats and plasma insulin levels. Formaldehyde treated casein-cottonseed oil (PCO) was supplemented at the rate of 8% (three lambs) and 12% (three lambs). Two groups ...

Two experiments were conducted to study the role of feed intake and feed efficiency in Cu-stimulated growth of weanling pigs. In Exp. 1, 42 pigs were randomly assigned into three treatments: 1) control: ad libitum access to a corn-soybean meal-dried whey basal diet; 2) ad libitum/Cu: ad libitum access to the basal diet supplemented with 215 ppm of Cu; or 3) pair-fed/Cu: pair-fed the Cu-suppleme...

Changes in body temperature and in the blood lactate concentration are typical symptoms of an organism’s reaction to effort. The aim of this work was to search for a relation between the temperature of the lower extremities and the blood lactate concentration. Sixteen non-training male subjects took part in the test (average age: 22.3±1.6 years). They performed maximum-height jumps from a fully...

In a 148-d feedlot experiment, 48 crossbred steers were fed a 70% sorghum diet with clinoptilolite (CLN), a natural zeolite, substituted at 0, 1.25 and 2.5% of the diet dry matter. No differences (P>.05) were detected in average daily gain, feed intake (dry matter and organic matter) and feed efficiency among treatments. Negative correlations (P<.05) between fecal starch and fecal pH were detec...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Clinical application of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the realm of orthopaedic sports medicine has yielded variable results. Differences in separation methods and variability of the individual may contribute to these variable results. PURPOSE To compare the effects of different PRP separation methods on human bone, muscle, and tendon cells in an in vitro model. STUDY DESIGN Contr...

Aims: To evaluate Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection treatment outcome using the levels of white blood cells, haemoglobin, platelets counts and other red cell indices HBV positive naïve, on at 3- 6-months subjects attending gastro-enterology clinic in Federal Medical Centre Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria&#x0D; Study Design: Cross-Sectional longitudinal study.&#x0D; Place Duration Study: Asaba (FMC)...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to investigate the serum levels of montelukast when administered alone or in combination with desloratadine. STUDY DESIGN A prospective crossover study. METHODS Twenty-three healthy volunteers were investigated in two sessions. Volunteers were given 10 mg of montelukast orally with 250 mL water in the first session. The same subjects were give...

Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of methionine supplementation on ruminal fermentation and digesta kinetics. In Exp. 1, nine ruminally cannulated beef heifers (average initial BW = 527 kg) in a crossover design were fed low-quality grass hay and cottonseed meal with or without 11.4 g of supplemental methionine (polysaccharide-coated). Particulate and fluid kinetics, rate of D...