Improving survival is a continuous objective in swine breeding. The aim of this study was to record 22 blood variables and BW gain on the first day of life in Landrace-Yorkshire-Duroc crossbred piglets and to find associations between these variables and survival at weaning. All live piglets from 18 litters were weighed and blood sampled at birth and on d 1 and were monitored to weaning at the ...

Preparations of cathepsin D from the bovine uterus contain at least 12 distinct forms of enzyme which digest hemoglobin at pH 3.2. Ten of these forms (2 through 11) have been purified by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography and disc electrophoresis. Six major forms (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12) account for 94% of the total cathepsin D activity of the uterus. These six forms have been unequivocally identified...

Iron deficiency is an important cause of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but intravenous iron is infrequently used among patients who are not on dialysis. Ferumoxytol is a novel intravenous iron product that can be administered as a rapid injection. This Phase III trial randomly assigned 304 patients with CKD in a 3:1 ratio to two 510-mg doses of intravenous ferumoxytol wi...

60 There is a lack of studies that analyse the association between micronutrient-related 61 biomarker status and physical fitness in adolescents. In the present study, biochemical 62 parameters for iron and vitamin status were studied along with objective measures of 63 physical fitness in healthy male and female European adolescents. 1089 adolescents (580 64 girls, 12.5-17.5 years) from the HE...

Low vitamin D has been implicated in reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our study aimed to evaluate differences in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and total body less head (TBLH) BMD z-scores in children with Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and those with abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorder (AP-FGID) a...

This study investigated the effects of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation on hematological, enzymes activities and biochemical parameters in broilers with pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS).Two hundred and forty 1-d-old Ross 308 male broiler chicks were randomly allocated into 3 groups with 4 replicates. From d 14, the diets were supplemented with CoQ10 at levels of 0, 20 and 40 mg/kg, res...

background: various studies have come to contradictory results regarding the relationship between maternal hemoglobin (hb) level and adverse pregnancy outcomes. the present study aimed to investigate the birth outcomes among pregnant women who had normal hemoglobin levels in the first trimester of their pregnancy. patients and methods: in this prospective study, 108 healthy pregnant women with ...

background: blood hemoglobin can be damaged by toxins such as lead. thus, this study was carried out to assess its blood hemoglobin concentration in the staff of kermanshah oil refinery that had been exposed to lead components. methods: in this study, 150 workers at kermanshah oil refinery were selected as the case group and 70 workers of textile industry factory were chosen as the control grou...

conclusions the levels of hemoglobin can be used to predict preeclampsia and monitoring the pregnant women and its regular measure in 3 trimesters help us to identify women at risk for preeclampsia. background preeclampsia is one of the most serious complications during pregnancy with important effects on health of mother and fetus that causes maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. this st...

60 There is a lack of studies that analyse the association between micronutrient-related 61 biomarker status and physical fitness in adolescents. In the present study, biochemical 62 parameters for iron and vitamin status were studied along with objective measures of 63 physical fitness in healthy male and female European adolescents. 1089 adolescents (580 64 girls, 12.5-17.5 years) from the HE...