Wild common carp of the Caspian Sea is one of the important fish in the north of Iran, which has been introduced to inland aquaculture. Its genetic characteristics are investigated to set up for breeding programs that are still unknown. Using wild common carp in aquaculture is limited for uncontrolled variation in performance of fish derived from undomesticated breeders. A 7×7 factorial matin...

obstructive sleep apnea (osa) together with metabolic disorders is common in severely obese patients. weight reduction is considered as a treatment modality in these cases while few of them can succeed in considerable weight loss. here, we present a severely obese man with body mass index of 54 suffered from osa, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. he intentionally lost 80 kilogr...

The relationship of gonad weight and liver weight with body weight of six fish species viz; Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhina mrigala, Hypophthlamichthys molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella and Cyprinus carpio under the influence of artificial feed, broiler manure, buffalo manure, N:P:K (25:25:0) and a control pond were examined after a rearing period of one year. The positive relationship betw...

The length–weight relationships (LWR) of the common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804) and leafy Phycodurus eques (Günther, 1865), Syngnathidae, are presented in this paper, based on specimens raised Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, California. Furthermore, we used length known age 40 15 seadragons to estimate parameter von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) for these speci...

This study evaluated the digestibility of leguminous protein labeled with 15N, by using nitrogen balance and quantitation of fecal endogenous nitrogen (FEN), determined by isotopic dilution, in order to correct apparent values. Seeds of common beans, cowpea and common pea labeled with 1.000 atoms% of 15N-excess were used as protein sources in diets for 60 male Wistar rats, during a 6-day assay....