Abstract Very low-protein (VLP) diets are beneficial for reducing the nitrogen excretion from swine production, but these depress performance of pigs while supplemented with first four limiting amino acids (FFL; i.e. Lys, Met, Thr and Trp). The objective this study was to investigate effect supplementation Val Ile above NRC (2012) levels on performance, thermal radiation blood metabolites fed V...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine if abnormal laboratory values which may indicate volume depletion are associated with increased odds of experiencing a hospital-acquired fall. DESIGN Matched case-control study. SETTING Four hospitals located in the Southeast USA. PARTICIPANTS Data from 699 adult fallers and 1189 matched controls (non-fallers) were collected via chart review from 2005 to 20...

Two experiments were conducted to determine an optimum Lys:calorie ratio (g of total dietary Lys/Mcal of DE) for growing barrows and gilts in cool and hot seasons in a commercial environment. In Exp. 1, 96 barrows and 96 gilts were randomly allocated in 1 of 4 dietary treatments (2.7, 3.0, 3.3, 3.6 g of Lys/Mcal of DE). Each treatment had 12 replicate pens with 4 pigs per pen. The experiment la...

BACKGROUND Simvastatin is a widely used medication in cardiac care. Here we evaluate the role of ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in simvastatin induced renal protection after renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. METHODS A total of 81 male Wistar rats, were treated with simvastatin (10 and 20mg/kg/day; gavage, one week). Some groups received glibenclamide (KATP channel inhibitor; 5...

BACKGROUND Creatine monohydrate has become a very popular nutritional supplement for its ergogenic effects. The safety of creatine monohydrate has previously been confirmed. However with each novel form of creatine that emerges, its safety must be verified. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the safety of a novel form of creatine, creatine nitrate (CN), over a 28 day period. ...

BACKGROUND Currently, there are no nutritional indices to predict cognitive function in extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants. OBJECTIVE To assess the neonatal blood urea nitrogen (BUN) values in ELBW infants according to their cognitive function at the corrected age of 36 months. METHODS This was a retrospective study that assessed the neonatal factors affecting the developmental outco...