the present work aimed at studying growth pattern and carcass traits in pearl grey guinea fowl fed on dietary neem (azadirachta indica) leaf powder (nlp) over a period of 12 weeks. day old guinea fowl keets (n=120) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups, each with 3 replicates. the first treatment was designated as control (t0) in which no supplement was added to the feed, while in tre...

background: the association between snacking patterns, sleep hours, and physical activity with growth status and appetite of preschool children was investigated. methods: sixty three children aged 3-7 years with low appetite and weight for age ratio below the 25th percentile were enrolled from those referring to nader kazemi polyclinic in shiraz. information regarding the parents’ education, sl...

fish larvae have several sensory systems that are functional at or soon after hatching and then are developed further during larval and juvenile stages. this study was conducted to investigate development of the eye in rutilus kutum , based on histological and allometric growth analysis during early developmental stages up to 35 day post hatching with emphasis on retinal morphology. for this pu...

in this study, the effects of dietary egg lecithin on digestive enzymes and body biochemical composition of juveniles mesopotamichthys sharpeyi was evaluated. four experimental diets including control diet (with 0% egg lecithin) and three diets containing 2%, 4% and 6% egg lecithin were used. at the end of the experiment, digestive enzymes activity (lipase, amylase and alkaline phosphatase) and...

conclusions changes in neonatal leptin levels can reflect changes in the body fat tissue and neonatal birth weight and could be effective in predicting weight gain in newborns with mothers who have gestational diabetes and may reduce birth trauma or future complications. results serum leptin levels in the cord blood of mothers with gdm were significantly higher than in normal mothers. there was...

in this research, the effects of the addition of powdered activated carbon (pac) into the aeration zone of an activated-sludge (as) system for treating tehran oil refinery effluent, was investigated during more than 12 months in a pact pilot-scale model. besides the evaluation of organics removal efficiency and determination of basic design factors kinetic coefficients, a series of experiments ...

it is necessary for community health nurses to be aware of children growth velocity as well as their height. this is a report of joan arton’s study on primary schools children. traditionally children health indicators were based on if they gain enough weight or not. although today it is proved that height is a better index for children health, but measuring height alone is not enough and growth...

an experiment was conducted in bandar kyashahr research field in 2002 to evaluate the effects of plant density and planting pattern on weed populations and yield of peanut (arachis hypogaea l.). the experiment was of a randomized complete block design with three replications. a factorial trial with two factors of planting pattern (square and rectangular arrangements) and plant density (3, 5.3, ...