the successful aquaculture depends on different criteria, among them, selection of suitable food with required potential is of particular importance. in this study, effects of four diet trial including control diet (without spirulina algae) and three diets containing spirulina algae were investigated on the growth indices and skin color of flower horn (pseudotropheus demasoni). a total number o...

the objective of this study was to determine the effect of different levels of chicory root and stem powder (crsp) and butyric acid (ba) combination on the performance, carcass traits, relative weight of internal organs and some blood parameters in broiler chickens. two hundred and forty one-day-old broilers (ross 308) were used in a completely randomized design with four treatments with six re...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-treatment with curcumin on metabolic changes induced by two different pathophysiological mechanisms in rats (fructose diet and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus). Materials and Methods: Five groups with 10 rats per group were investigated: control group (healthy rats), fructose diet groups without any pre-treatme...

To study the effect of different levels of peppermint (Mentha piperita) plant powder, on immune system of broilers under heat stress condition, 192 one-day old chickens (Ross, 308) were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments with 4 replicates of 12 chicks each, using a completely randomized design. The four groups were characterized by a basal diet (control), basal diet supplemented with 1 ...

the leopard (panthera pardus) as an adaptable felid widely distributed in varied ecosystems of iran. the golestan natural park is one of the main habitats of leopard in the country. it has divers diet and preying various types of preys such as wild ungulate and livestock. the prey remains’ samples of leopard were collected and preserved using ethanol 96% and whole genomic dna was extracted. the...

background: weight regain after weight loss is a common problem for all those obese or overweight who have had a recent weight loss. different cures such as diet therapy, behavioral therapy, exercise or a mixture of them have been advised as solutions. the purpose of this review is to find the best diet or eating pattern to maintain a recent weight loss. materials and methods: we searched in pu...