This study was conducted to determine the influence of two intermittent (1wk) and abrupt drying off methods on udder health index of dairy cows with 30d dry period. Eighteen multiparous dairy cows were dried off approximately 4 wk prior to the expected calving time in a completely randomized design. For intermittent milk cessation treatment, cows were dried off in the following manner. Milk sam...

Irrigation water deficit is an important factor that affect rice production in the world as well as Guilan province in Iran. Intermittent irrigation method can be applied to compensate for the water shortage in rice growing areas, however, it would affect other crop mangement practices such as fertilizer application and mangement. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to determine optimum fe...

 Background & Aims: This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of intermittent and continuous phototherapy.Materials & Methods: This controlled randomized clinical trial study was performed on 96 full-term neonates admitted in the neonatal ward of Besat hospital of Hamadan city with indirect hyperbilirubinemia. The neonates were randomly divided into two groups. Continuous phototherapy gr...

Introduction & Objective: Heat shock proteins help the cells’ ability to keep their structures against different stresses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of one ses-sion continuous and intermittent aerobic exercise on blood responses of HSP72, cortisol and creatine kinase (CK). Materials & Methods: This study is semi-experimental in which 21 male student athletes were...

Background: Aging is associated with metabolic disorders. Although the beneficial effects of exercise and resveratrol consumption in the health of the elderly has been reported, the combined effect of intermittent swimming and resveratrol consumption on the antioxidant system in liver tissue is not clear yet. Objective: This study aims to investigate the combined effect of intermittent swimmi...