To determinate the effect of chromium-methionine level in diet on hatchability of Japanese quail in dry tropic weather under temperaturecontrolled in summer season, a completely randomized design experiment was conducted. Thousand two hundred eighty Japanese quail (960 females and 320 males), they were divided in 160 groups of eight (six females and two males), and were allocated in wire cages ...

., When designing a reflector Impulse Radiating Antenna, one must choose an appropriate feed impedance. Using the simplest approximations valid for high feed impedances, one finds that lower feed impedances are always prcfcrablc. However, low feed impedances imply thick feed arms, which incrcasc feed blockage for many designs, thus reducing the radiated field. Low feed impedances also lead to a...

Objectives. SSc-associated gastrointestinal tract involvement (SSc-GIT) is an important predictor of depressive symptoms. University of California at Los Angeles Scleroderma Clinical trial Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract 2.0 (UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0) is a 34-item valid instrument that captures GIT symptom severity and impact on quality of life. It has seven GI-specific scales and a total GIT score....

The feed resource for animals is a major cost determinant for profitability in livestock production enterprises, and thus any effort at improving the efficiency of feed use will help to reduce feed cost. Feed conversion ratio, expressed as feed inputs per unit output, is a traditional measure of efficiency that has significant phenotypic and genetic correlations with feed intake and growth trai...

Rumen of cattle harbors many microorganisms responsible for bioconversion of nutrients into a source of energy for the animals. In recent years many rumen microbes have been isolated and characterized by sequence analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Some of the microbes have also been recommended as feed additives for improving the overall growth or production of animals. Rumen bacteria which ha...

Aim—To study the eVect of enteral feeding on splanchnic blood flow velocity in preterm infants. Method—Coeliac axis and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity were measured longitudinally in a cohort of 61 babies using Doppler ultrasound. Results—Babies fed 1 hourly had significantly higher preprandial SMA peak systolic velocity (PSV) than those fed 3 hourly (70 vs 53 cm/s). Those...

Introduction Sound vibrations are collected from the external environment by the eardrum and are guided to the basilar membrane in the cochlea. Pressure differences in the two scalae of the cochlea result in a traveling wave on the basilar membrane (figure 1). The tiny displacements are detected by the deflection of thousands of hair cells, situated along this membrane. It is hypothesized that ...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a 12-h feed outage at various times prior to slaughter on subsequent broiler performance, live shrink, and processing yields. Broilers were full-fed or subjected to a 12-h feed outage followed by a refeeding period of 12, 24, or 48 h. Bird live weights or feed consumption was monitored during the outage and recovery periods. Birds were subje...