The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of red pepper (Capsicum annuum) extract on growth, blood, biochemical and non-specific immune parameters of 360 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles with average weight of 9.38±0.01 g. The fish were fed with a commercial diet containing 0, 0.25, 0.5 and 1% of C. annuum extract in 12 tanks (300L) with three replicates (30 fish per tank...

The Cerenkov free electron laser (CFEL) model under consideration consists of a pre-bunched relativistic electron beam and a dielectric loaded waveguide. The increase in the growth rate and gain with the change in phase by using a pre-bunched electron beam in a Cerenkov free electron laser (CFEL) has been studied. The growth rate and gain is calculated at experimentally known CFEL and FEL param...

three levels of lysine (90, 100 and 110% of ross requirement) and of pyridoxine (3, 6 and 9 mg kg-1) were used in a 3 × 3 factorial experiment to investigate the growth and blood antioxidant ability of broilers under high ambient temperature. none of the dietary supplements affected the weight gain during the starter and grower periods. although no significant differences were detected between ...

background: today the use of natural substances plays a major role in improving the growth and immunity of aquatic organisms. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of iron nanoparticles with lactobacillus casei as a probiotic on growth parameters and probiotic counts in rainbow trout intestine. methods: seven hundred and twenty fish with 12±0.49 g initial weig...

BACKGROUND Current fetal-infant growth references have an obvious growth disjuncture around 40 week gestation overlapping where the fetal and infant growth references are combined. Graphical smoothening of the disjuncture to connect the matching percentile curves has never been validated. This study was designed to compare weight gain patterns of contemporary preterm infants with a fetal-infant...

 In the present study, the impacts of various concentrations of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on Beluga, Huso huso, under controlled conditions were investigated. Belugas (120±10g) were fed on diets containing 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 ppb AFB1/kg of diet for 3 months. Results showed various levels of AFB1 do not significantly affect the specific growth ratio (SGR) (P<0.05) of fish in different treatments. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Studies have revealed that women who breastfeed their infants may be reluctant to exercise due to concerns that to do so would adversely affect their breast milk and consequently the growth of their infants. In this review, we seek to systematically review and statistically synthesize evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that have assessed the effects of m...

BACKGROUND Parental weight and height correlate with offspring birthweight and weight gain, suggesting genetic and environmental influences on fetal growth. The differential contributions of the mother's and father's height and weight to birthweight, or weight gain in infancy, remain unclear and were examined using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. METHODS We calculated z-scores for b...