Two experiments were conducted to determine the variation in response to space allocation between barrows and gilts and to examine an alternative allocation regimen for barrows and gilts. Experimental space allocations in both experiments were achieved by varying the number of pigs per pen in a fully slatted facility. In Exp. 1, barrows were given 0.58 and 0.65 m2/pig (nine and eight pigs per p...

OBJECTIVES To analyze the histological changes observed in venous grafts subjected to arterial blood flow as a function of the duration of the postoperative period to optimize their use in free flap reconstructions. METHOD Twenty-five rats (7 females and 18 males) underwent surgery. Surgeries were performed on one animal per week. Five weeks after the first surgery, the same five animals were...

BACKGROUND Treatment of growth hormone disorders typically involves daily injections of human growth hormone (GH) over many years, incurring substantial costs. We assessed the extent of undesired GH loss due to leakage in the course of pen preparation prior to injection, and differences between the prescribed dose, based on patient weight, and the actual delivered dose based on pen dosing incre...

BACKGROUND Farm-level biosecurity provides the foundation for biosecurity along the entire production chain. Many risk management practices are constantly in place, regardless of whether there is a disease outbreak or not. Nonetheless, the farm-level costs of preventive biosecurity have rarely been assessed. We examined the costs incurred by preventive biosecurity for Finnish poultry farms. M...

When the wedding was over, Zarghuna climbed aboard bus, leaving evening's cool breeze for pungent, stuffy air of women's section. All in all, there were about forty them-men, women, and children-returning home from celebrations a neighbouring village. The women sat at front, swathed burqas hiding finery underneath, their faces made up carefully hoarded foundation, bright red lipstick, eyes rimm...

in this study, energy consumption pattern, efficiency and the percentage of saved energy and inputs of poultry production farms in isfahan, nain and najafabad townships with different capacities were evaluated. the average of net energy gain per 1000 bird for capacities less than 10, 10-30 and more than 30 thousand pieces was calculated as -143.66, -129.58 and -94.99 gj/1000 bird, respectively....