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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a cardiac muscle disease with reduced left ventricular systolic function1]. Myocardial inflammation is the most common mechanism in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy in which cytokines may play an important role[2]. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α, -308), transforming growth factor-beta 1...

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For several decades there has been a steady increase in the incidence of bacterial infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-positive infections have become a serious problem, especially in the nosocomial setting, and the treatment of these infections is complicated by the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Staphylococci are among the most frequent causes of both communityand h...

A study was conducted to determine the effect of particle size of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on DE and ME content, diet DM, energy, N, P digestibility, and diet flowability for growing pigs. One DDGS source was processed through an Urshel Commitrol mill or a hammer mill to achieve mean particle sizes of 818, 595, and 308 μm. The basal control diet consisted of 96.8% corn with ...