background: admission of low birth-weight (lbw) neonates in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) causes their deprivation of tactile and sensory stimulation. objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy of body massage on growth parameters (weight, height and head circumference) gain velocity of lbw in yazd, iran. materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial study was cond...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of breeder age and stocking density on performance, carcass characteristics and some stress parameters (H-L ratio, serum glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, tonic immobility test (TI), antibody production, relative asymmetry (RA) and external appearances). This experiment was carried out with 705 one-day old male broiler chicks (Ross ...

Background. Epidemiological research has identifi ed a relationship between maternal physical activity, early nutrition and infant birth weight with likelihood of developing future diseases. The aim of the study was to determine a relationship between gestational weight gain and physical activity during pregnancy to the nutritional status of newborns. Material and methods. The presented study w...

Aim: This study was planned to investigate the effect of sugar beet, neem leaf, linseed and coriander on growth parameters such as feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), performance index (PI), and carcass characteristics in broiler birds. Materials and Methods: The experiment was conducted for a period of 42 days on Vanaraja strain of broiler birds. Different dietary suppl...

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) belongs to a large family of multifunctional growth factors that regulate a broad spectrum of biological activities involved in morphogenesis, development, and differentiation. The current study was designed to investigate the effects of TGF-beta genes on chicken growth and body composition traits. The Iowa Growth and Composition Resource Population wa...

the aim of the present study was to determine the effects of adenotonsillectomy on height, weight and body mass index (bmi) in children under 12 years old, with or without airway obstruction and evaluation of the risk of overweight in them. in this case-control study, 120 children with the age of 2-12 years old were studied; 60 children as case group who underwent adenotonsillectomy and 60 heal...

Cattle hoof meal was processed by autoclaving, fermentation, wood ash soda treatment and rawunprocessed hoof. This studied on Clarias gariepinus juveniles 14.22±0.23g stocked at 15 fish per tank in replicate. Treated samples were used compounding six isonitrogenous diets of a reference diet 70%: test 30% fed 3% body weight. Significant difference (P<0.05) observed among dietary treatments. W...

in order to study of vitamin c effect on body composition and antioxidant enzyme activities, including superoxide dismutase and catalase in five diets containing different levels of vitamin c (0, 50, 250, 750and 1500mg vitamin/kg diet) had been fed by caspian brown trout fry (salmo trutta caspius) for 6 weeks in triplicate. after 6 weeks, the findings of growth parameters and survival showed si...

BACKGROUND High infancy weight gain is associated with increased body mass index (BMI) and insulin resistance (IR) in later life, but the association with later body composition has not been well explored. Appetite regulatory hormones may be programmed in early life, but data to support this are lacking. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effect of weight gain in infancy on body composition, IR, l...

dietary food stimulants decrease feeding time and wasted food. in the present study, effects of adding calcium chloride and free amino acids glutamine to diet on food intake, growth performance and carcass composition of common carp were investigated. the examined food samples were 9.0 mm calcium chloride, 1.0 mm amino acid glutamine 9.0 mm calcium chloride and 1.0 mm glutamine amino acid and t...