Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) were calculated by using chromic oxide in the diet as an indigestible marker to evaluate the Iranian Cottonseed meal (CSMP) . Then, the nutritional value of cottonseed meal ( ‍ CSM) as soybean meal (SBM) substitute in quality low cost rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) ration was investigated. In this study, six formulated feeds consisting different ...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of supplementation different levels of pomegranate seed pulp (psp) on performance and blood parameters in laying hens. a total of 96 layers hens (hy-line w-36) at 24 week of age were randomly assigned into 4 treatments including 0 (control), 5, 10 and 15% of psp, with 4 replicates containing 6 layers in each. results showed no significant effec...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between the perception of body weight (as above or below the desired) and behaviors for body weight control in adolescents. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included 1051 adolescents (aged 15-19 years) who were high school students attending public schools. The authors collected information on the perception of body weight (dependent varia...

BACKGROUND High consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks has been associated with weight gain and obesity in the United States. This trend may also be affecting populations with different eating patterns who increasingly are adopting typical US dietary patterns. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether the consumption of sweetened drinks and other food items increased the likelihood of weight gain in a Med...

background: coccidiosis of domestic fowl, caused by species of the genus eimeria , is responsi­ble for important economic losses in poultry production. because different species and/or strains can vary in pathogenicity and other biological parameters, their precise characteriza­tion is important for epizootiological studies. methods: fifty samples from litter, whole intestinal tract and feces w...

this project was conducted to evaluation the effects of replacement of barley grain with corn grain on fatteningperformance of male lambs. twenty five male lambs (6-7 month-old, average body weight = 31.22 ± 3.4 kg) were assigned randomly to five dietary treatments (5 lambs/treatment) in a randomized complete design. the first diet contained barley grain without corn grain but in the other diet...