BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The potential benefits of home enteral nutrition (HEN) and the effects of HEN on quality of life (QOL) after esophagectomy remain unclear. The aim was to investigate the effect of 3 months HEN on health related QOL and nutritional status of esophageal cancer patients who were preoperatively malnourished. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN 142 malnourished (PG-SGA stage B or C)...

avian intestinal spirochaetosis (ais) is an intestinal infection caused by anaerobic spirochaetes of the genus brachyspira, including b. pilosocoli. the purpose of this study was isolation and identification of b. pilosocoli from laying hen flocks, located in mashhad suburb, khorasan razavi province, iran, and investigating the frequency of the infection. one hundred and eighty cloacal swab sam...

Light intensity, spectrum and pattern may affect laying hen behaviors and production performance. However, requirements of these lighting parameters from the hens' standpoint are not fully understood. This study was conducted to investigate hens' needs for light intensity and circadian rhythm using a light tunnel with five identical compartments each at a different fluorescent light intensity o...

A 14-wk study was conducted to determine the nutritional efficacy and ssmetabolic impact of 2 types of microalgal biomass as alternative protein sources in laying hen diets. Shaver hens (total = 150 and 26 wk old) were fed 1 of 5 diets: a control or a defatted green microalgal biomass (DG; Desmodesmus spp.) at 25% and a full-fatted diatom biomass (FD; Staurosira spp.) at 11.7% inclusion with or...

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with modified-hen-egg-yolk on plasma lipids and lipoprotein profiles in rats. During four-week-experiment, 64 Wistar rats were divided into four groups 16 (eight both sexes), fed commercial rat food (group C); containing 70% mixture 30% freshly cooked egg yolk originating from laying hen eggs 3% fish oil F); palm ol...

objective: the experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of germinated barley on performance and egg quality in laying hen. methods: one hundred and twenty laying hens, 44-weeks old, lohmann lsl hens were used in this experiment. birds were assigned randomly to the groups, each of which consisted of 20 birds (4 replicate cages each containing 5 birds). the experiment w...

The aim of this study is to model the growth samples four varieties (White, Black, Partridge, Franciscan) Spanish Utrerana hen breed, which endangered, by using Brody, Von Bertalanffy, Verhulst, Logistic and Gompertz models. For purpose, a total 16,235 weight data observations from 2004 animals reared in free range system were collected. was best suited for predicting biological curve White var...

The successful resolution of human-wildlife conflicts requires the participation of local communities and other stakeholder groups in formulating management decisions. In the uplands of the United Kingdom, a controversial conservation issue concerns the relationship between the conservation of a legally protected raptor, the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) and the management of a gamebird, the Red...