The effects of L-carnitine supplementation (50-500 mg/kg diet) of a practical layer diet, based on maize, soyabean and wheat, on the performance of laying hens and some indices of egg quality were studied for 8 weeks, using 65-week-old hens kept in cages. Albumen quality (albumen height and Haugh (1937) unit score) was improved, while yolk index and yolk colour score were not affected by dietar...

The aim of study was to investigate the clinical features of treatment-naive patients in 2 regions with high- and intermediate-hepatitis B endemicity level in Southeast China and provide the baseline data for monitoring health or planning therapy.This study included 8207 cases of treatment-naive patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection from Yuhuan (YH, high-hepatitis B endemicity region)...

A total of 90 finishing pigs (52 ± 1.46 kg) were randomly assigned to one three dietary treatments as: TRT1 [CON (basal diet)], TRT2 + 0.05% yeast hydrolysate (YH)], and TRT3 (CON 0.1% YH) for an 8 wk trial. Each treatment had six replications five (three gilts two barrow) per pen. In weeks 4 8, YH supplement linearly increased (P < 0.05) body weight. Moreover, average daily gain was also wi...

Pressure-stabilized hydrides are a new rapidly growing class of high-temperature superconductors which is believed to be described within the conventional phonon-mediated mechanism coupling. Here we report synthesis yttrium hexahydride Im3m-YH$_6$ that demonstrates superconducting transition with T$_c$ = 224 K at 166 GPa, much lower than theoretically predicted (>270 K). The measured upper crit...

Article: Estimating the burden of irritable bowel syndrome: analysis of a nationwide Korean databaseJung HK, Kim YH, Park JY, et al.

The arterial wall in aged animals shows an increased susceptibility to develop atherosclerotic lesions, although the mechanisms by which aging acts are still unclear. We investigated early aortic lesions in aged rabbits (5 to 6 years old, AH group) and young rabbits (2 months old, YH group) after 2 months of 0.2% cholesterol feeding. Fatty streaks or spots mainly in the proximal segments occupi...

BACKGROUND Numerous validated psychometric tools are available to assess impact of disease on a human's quality of life (QoL). To date, no psychometrically validated general health-related QoL tool exists for cats. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To develop and validate a tool for assessment of owner-perceived QoL in cats (CatQoL) and to use this tool to compare QoL between healthy cats and those with ...

Oviposition and egg quality traits were studied in dwarf and naked neck layers in Maputo (Mozambique) during a 28-d period at 35 weeks of age. Birds were caged individually in a laying house with natural light and ventilation. Average daylight length during the study was 11.2 hr and minimum and maximum temperature was 19.6 °C and 30.1 °C, respectively. The main results show that the sex-linked ...