the fruit set rate and yield of pear are commonly low due to insufficient pollination, as the species is unattractive to honeybees. to improve honeybee foraging behavior for the pollination of dangshan pear (pyrus bretschneideri cv. dangshansuli), nine methods were used to attract bees. a control treatment of colonies was fed with normal sugar syrup, while six other treatments were fed using su...

In advanced chronic kidney disease, obesity may bring a survival advantage, but many transplant centres demand weight loss before wait-listing for kidney graft. The case here described regards a 71-year-old man, with obesity-related glomerulopathy; referral data were: weight 110 kg, Body Mass Index (BMI) 37 kg/m², serum creatinine (sCr) 5 mg/dL, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 23 mL...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of different levels organic copper (organic Cu) supplementation on performance, egg quality, serum parameters and incubation characteristics in Japanese quail diets. 120 breeder quails 7 weeks old were used lasted 84 days. Four diets containing (0, 75, 150 225 mg/kg) study. The a random design consisting 20 subgroups with 5 replicates, 4 females ...

The efficacy of pyrantel embonate (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methyl-2-(trans-2-(2-thienyl)-vinyl)-pyrimidine embonic acid salt; Combantrin) was evaluated in 60 cases of hookworm infestation. They were divided into six groups of 10 cases. Pyrantel embonate was administered orally, in dosage schedules (randomized) of 100, 75, 50, 20, 15, and 10 mg/kg of body weight. The stool examination for hookworm ...

The purpose of present study was to compare fat oxidation rate during and after three different exercise intensities. Eight non-athlete male students (aged, 19.7±1.8 yr; height, 174.3±5.1 cm; weight, 64.5±7 kg; VO max, 40.1±4.4 ml/kg/min) participated in this study as subjects. Each subject was exercised at 55, 65 and 75% 2 VO max on treadmill at three separate days those days which elapsed by ...

Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a drug commonly used to treat neoplastic disease and some autoimmune diseases. It is also a well-known and well-studied teratogen causing a variety of birth defects in fetuses of pregnant women treated with the drug. There are many reports that show the adverse effects of CP can be decreased by use of antioxidant drugs. It appears that, quercetin has antioxidant effect....

A field experiment was carried out during Rabi season 2019-20 at wheat and barley section research area of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The comprised three nitrogen doses (N1-60, N2-75 N3- 90 kg N/ha) as main plot treatments four seed rates (S1- 87.5, S2- 100, S3- 112.5 S4-125.0 kg/ha) sub treatments. With replications, laid in split design. Based on the investigation, it found t...

This study examined the effects of stocking density on live performance, physiological stress level indicators, and processing yields of male broilers grown to 1.8 kg. A total of 3,120 Ross x Ross 708 male chicks was placed into 32 floor pens (5.57 m2/pen). Stocking density treatments were 25, (75 birds/pen), 30 (90 birds/ pen), 35 (105 birds/pen), and 40 (120 birds/pen) kg of BW/m2. The BW gai...