an experiment was carried out to compare the effects of laying hen’s diet supplemented with inorganic and different organic sources of selenium (se) on quality and oxidative stability of eggs during storage. a total of 81, (35-week old) laying hens of lohmann lsl-white were assigned to cages in a completely randomized design with 9 groups of treatment and 3 replicates of 3 birds. hens in each g...

The effect of normal avian gut flora (NAGF) and enrofloxacin administration on the early infection of young chicks by Salmonella enteritidis (SE) was determined using day-old White Leghorn chicks. Day- old chicks were divided into two groups, untreated control and NAGF-treated, and then infected with 10(6) cfu of SE per chick by oral gavage. The untreated, infected chicks were further divided i...

The objectives were to investigate effects of nutritional plane and Se supply during gestation on yield and nutrient composition of colostrum and milk in first parity ewes. Rambouillet ewe lambs (n = 84, age = 240 ± 17 d, BW = 52.1 ± 6.2 kg) were allocated to 6 treatments in a 2 × 3 factorial array. Factors included Se [adequate Se (ASe, 11.5 µg/kg of BW) or high Se (HSe, 77.0 µg/kg of BW)] ini...

The aim of this experiment was to determine CH4 production and energy partition for a range of diets fed to Bos indicus cattle. Six Brahman cattle were fed on three different diets in a replicated Latin square experiment over three periods. The diets were (1) long-chopped Angleton grass (Dicanthium aristatum) hay ad libitum (DM digestibility (DMD) 41 (SE 2)%; 4 g N/kg), (2) long-chopped Rhodes ...

This research was conducted with the purpose of appraising the effect of Selenium (Se) and/or amino acid fertilizers (AA) on improving growth, physiology, and biofortification of parsley grown under high EC condition. Plants were foliarly supplemented with four levels of Se (0, 25, 50, 100 mgl-1) and/or two concentrations of AA (0 and 0.2%) three times with a week interval. The significantly in...

Background and Objective: Non-specific chronic low back pain (NSLBP) is the most common type of chronic lower back pain. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of 8 weeks of core stability exercises via Swiss ball and Sling on pain and quality of life in women with NSLBP. Materials and Methods:The subjects participated voluntarily (n=32, Age= 19 to 45 years) and were randomly divided ...

The objective of this research was to determine the influence of dietary Se on various indicators of Se status and relative liver glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx-1) messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in growing Holstein bull calves. Calves (n = 14, 7/diet) were started 28 d after birth on a Se-adequate (SeA) or Se-deficient diet (SeD) and maintained on the diet until 180 d of age. Blood samples were tak...

Common eiders (Somateria mollissima) were fed added Se (as L-selenomethionine) in concentrations increasing from 10 to 80 ppm in a pilot study (Study 1) or 20 (low exposure) and up to 60 (high exposure) ppm Se in Study 2. Body weights of Study 1 ducks and high-exposure ducks in Study 2 declined rapidly. Mean concentrations of Se in blood reached 32.4 ppm wet weight in Study 1 and 17.5 ppm wet w...

Exposure to traumatic stress is associated with increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) function. Research linking traumatic stress with HPA function in PTSD has been inconsistent, however, in part due to (a) the inclusion of trauma-exposed individuals without PTSD (TE) in control groups and (b) a failure to consider...

purpose : to assess the safety, efficacy and predictability of photorefractive keratectomy (prk) [tissue-saving (ts) versus plano-scan (ps) ablation algorithms] of technolas 217z excimer laser for correction of myopic astigmatism methods : in this retrospective study one hundred and seventy eyes of 85 patients (107 eyes (62.9%) with ps and 63 eyes (37.1%) with ts algorithm) were included. ts al...