the growing demand for animal products has made importance of the utilization of biotechnological techniques in improvement of forage crops such as sainfoin. in this research, the effects of different levels of auxin (naa and iba) and cytokinin (bap, zeatin and tdz) on in vitro growth response of shoot apex explants of shahrkord and khansar cultivars of sainfoin were investigated. for this, sho...

Experimental data were obtained on the effect of feeding a phytonutrient based Hungarian sainfoin biochemical, hematological parameters blood, natural resistance and dynamics live weight heifers. As result sainfoin, blood heifers experimental groups higher than those control group. There was also better development compared to

BACKGROUND In ruminants, lower ruminal pH causes massive disruption of ruminal epithelial structure during periods of feeding high-concentrate diets. However, the influence of excessive organic fatty acids in the lumen of hindgut on the epithelial structure is unclear. In this study, twelve mid-lactating goats were randomly assigned to either a HC diet group (65% concentrate of dry matter; n = ...

OBJECTIVE The induction of obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance by high-fat diet in rodents can be prevented by n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs). We tested a hypothesis whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has a role in the beneficial effects of n-3 LC-PUFAs. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Mice with a whole-body deletion of the α2 catalytic subunit of AMPK (A...

Ready-to-eat (RTE) snacks are routinely distributed to pregnant women in India. These provide protein and calories but are low in micronutrients. We investigated whether RTE snacks fortified with leaf concentrate (LC) could improve pregnancy outcomes, including maternal haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and infants' birthweight. This randomized controlled two-arm trial was conducted over 18 month...

Environmental context Reverse osmosis (RO) is widely used for the treatment of hazardous wastewaters produced from coal chemical industry (CCI) to achieve zero liquid discharge however use RO inevitably results in accumulation refractory organic matter membrane concentrate, which challenging. This work provides useful insights into composition concentrates obtained a range real CCI wastewaters....

It is rarely the case that an analyst is presented with a sample in a suitable form for injection into an LC/MS system. Often the sample must be manipulated to concentrate the compound of interest, remove interferences, enzymatically digest the sample to generate surrogate peptides with better mass spectrometric properties, and modify the sample matrix or buffering system to achieve compatibili...

Due to the high prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in goats, the need to explore novel approaches to control nematodes and to reduce the exclusive reliance on chemotherapy is strongly demanded in this host species. In sheep, several studies have shown that the consumption of tannin-rich legume forages was associated with positive effects on host resilience and resistance to parasite infectio...

An electrically tunable focusing LC lens with a low voltage and simple planar electrodes is demonstrated. The inhomogeneous electric field of the LC lens without any hole-patterned-electrode is generated by using an embedded polymeric layer with a gradient distribution of dielectric constants (or relative permittivity). LC directors in the LC layer experience spatially inhomogeneous voltages ev...

OBJECTIVE Despite public health campaigns based on Fe and folic acid supplements, Fe-deficiency anaemia remains highly prevalent among women in India. We investigated leaf concentrate as an alternative to Fe and folic acid supplements for treating anaemia in adolescent girls. DESIGN Randomised controlled two-arm trial over 3 months: one group received daily Fe and folic acid (IFA; 60 mg Fe, 5...