The number of sheep flocks in Brazil is increasing. It is known that lambs must be slaughtered when young for producing quality meat. The current study evaluated the inclusion of protected methionine, protected lysine, lysophospholipid and amylolytic enzymes in a diet to lambs and their effects on weight gain and quantitative carcass traits at slaughtering. Eighty non-castrated male crossbred D...

the effects of feeding diets containing salbutamol (0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 mg/kg diet) from 21 to 49 days of ageon growth performance and carcass characteristics in 180 male and 180 female japanese quails (coturnixjaponica) were studied using a factorial arrangement based on completely randomized design. gender hadsignificant effect on weight gain (pwere not statistically significant (p>0.05). salbut...

abstract introduction anemia in preterm infants is identified as hemoglobin lower than 7-10g/dl around 1-3 months after birth. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of early subcutaneous administration of erythropoietin on hematopoiesis and weight gain velocity in preterm infants. materials and methods the present study was clinical trial carried out on 42 preterm infants. those whos...

background the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide and is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. obesity during childhood can be harmful to the body. objectives this study aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in semnan province, iran. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 2195 schoolchil...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of0 (control), 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 ml/l of shirazi thyme aqueous extract in drinking water on performance and immune response in broilers. two hundred one- day- old broiler chicks (ross 308) were allocated to five treatments with four replicates and 10 birds per cage in a completely randomized design. daily feed intake, daily body weight gain and...

The current study was conducted to identify the quantitative trait locus (QTL) for the body weight at age 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days and daily gain at age 0-1, 1-2, 2-3 and 3-4 weeks, slighter carcass weight and tonic immobility in Japanese quail. Two divergently lines of wild and white Japanese quail which maintained in the Animal Science Research Center of the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerma...

Background: Zinc is essential for nucleic acid metabolism, protein synthesis and tissue healing. Zinc deficiency has detrimental effects on child health and increases mortality rate of pneumonia and gastroenteritis. By improving absorptive function of villous cells and by reducing pathogenic enterobacteriaceae in lumen, Zinc improves diarrhea outcome in children. Previous studies in developing ...

INTRODUCTION Parenteral administration of nutrients to sustain newborns' growth represents an important therapeutic challenge. OBJECTIVE To describe parenteral nutrition (PN) practices in a tertiary hospital and evaluate postnatal growth in preterm infants. MATERIAL AND METHODS Observational retrospective study over 3 months. Data on infants born or admitted to the Neonatal Department and s...

for determination and comparison between feeding value of rape silage and its hay, two groups of seven head weaned lamb with the same body weight and breed were fed for a 100 days period of these feeds and a same amount of barley as a nutritive supplement. each animal was fed approximately 130gr of crude protein and 1730 kcal net energy (nrc standard recommendation 1985). the animals were weigh...