this study was conducted to determine the effects of supplemented curcumin (cmn), derived from plant curcuma longa, extract on performance and blood parameters of acetaminophen (act) induced quail hepatic injury. 240 quails from 0-37 days of age were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments of 4 replicates each and 15 chickens per replicate. all groups received 750 mg/kg body we...

The aim of the present study was to obtain serial values of O2 consumption (VO2), CO2 production (VCO2) and energy expenditure (EE) in healthy but extremely-low-birth-weight infants (birth weight <1000 g), during the first 5 weeks after birth. A total of seventeen spontaneously breathing and appropriate-for-gestational-age (birth weight and body length above the 10th and below the 90th percenti...

traditional poultry production has changed to a considerable industry after few decades. now, poultry industry is one of the main sectors to obtain the required protein for human consumption. prediction of the weight and number of eggs according to economic traits can improve the efficiency of production and the profit of producers. in present study, the weight and number of eggs in mazandaran ...

in this study 60 arian male chickens for six weeks were used in a completely randomized block to evaluate the effect of three dietary energy level on performance and prevention ascites. diets energy levels were: as catalog; 100 and 150 kcal lower in starter and grower and finisher periods; 200 kcal and 300 kcal lower in starter and grower that catalog respectively. during the experiment, body w...

the present research was designed to examine the genetic analysis of egg weight, egg yolk weight and egg albumen weight of bovan neva black laying hens at 25, 51 and 72 weeks. for this purpose, thirty birds were selected from the layer flock in the babcock university teaching and research farm. they were individually housed in separate labeled battery cage. a total of thirty eggs were collected...

producing soluble or cellular components is one of the main functions of immune system which immunes the body against any kinds of inflammation. the aim of the present study was to investigate the plasma level changes of il-17, crp, and cpk in male mice after 8 weeks of aerobic exercise and omega-3 consumption. for this purpose, 170 male mice (mean age of two months and mean weight of 35±1 g) w...

leptin is a hormone, which is secreted from fat tissue, has an important role to set cell metabolism and energy balance. the present study aims at the effect of twelve weeks high intensity interval training (hiit) on leptin level and obesity dependent factors among female students suffering overweight. in this semi-experimental study, twenty four students with bmi of 25-30 kg/m2 were selected p...

abstract background: nutrients meeting recommended dietary intakes take time to establish and once established are rarely maintained throughout hospital stay in preterm infants. methods: our purpose is to define the nutritional status and growth parameters of hospitalized patients at discharge in our hospital. data were obtained concerning all 50 infants born weighing < 1800 g and < 34 weeks of...