This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of high dietary energy as dry fat and protected methionine on growth efficacy, feed intake and efficiency and carcass parameters of Awassi lambs during finishing stage. Twenty four Awassi lambs (3-4 months old) were distributed equally into four treatments groups as follow: Control (NRC requirements); T1 (High energy 3.0 Mcal ME/kg); T2 (high en...

This study examined the in ̄uence of dietary variation on the usefulness of urinary spot purine derivatives (PD) collected at three periods (8:00±9:30, 14:00±15:30 and 20:00±21:30 hours) as predictors of intake by cattle. Diets comprised teff (Eragrotis tef) straw, fresh and dried napier grass and fresh napier grass supplemented with 1.5 (as fed) of dry alfalfa hay. Variation in dry matter intak...

Abstract This study investigates the future changes in precipitation extreme indices Lake Urmia Basin during period 2021–2100 compared to base (1987–2016), based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 models. Trend analysis was performed using Mann–Kendall test and Sen's estimator. The output of these models downscaled by Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator method for repre...

The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of the somatic cell count (SCC) in milk on reproductive performance, such as pregnancy status in the prepartum period and ovarian function in the postpartum period, in dairy cows. Blood samples were collected every week from one month prepartum to parturition in order to measure the concentrations of 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2α (PGFM), estr...

Recent technological advances in the field of skin electrodes and on-body sensors indicate a possibility of having an alternative to the traditionally used conductive gel electrodes for measuring electrical signals of the brain (electroencephalogram, EEG). This paper evaluates whether water-based and dry contact electrode solutions can replace the gel ones. The quality of the obtained signal by...

the air temperature trend has been increasing during recent decades, especially in the regions such as iran which is located in dry and semi-dry world belt. in this research we used markov chain to obtain probabilities of heat waves with different continues in kerman province using 20 years daily maximum air temperature data during 1986-2005. we analyzed daily maximum air temperature data of 5 ...

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of curing on the quality of beef and buffen and also to find out the relationship between the quality of beef and buffen with their storage time. Six treatments of which three from beef were taken as dry salt cured beef (A1), dry sugar cured beef (A2), brine cured beef (A3) and three from buffen as dry salt cured buffen (A4), dry sugar cured buf...

We report the detection of a 38 day period in the X-ray flux of the transient burster KS 1731-260 . The narrow peak of periodicity was detected during ∼TJD 10150–11050 when the source had a high and relatively stable X-ray flux. After ∼TJD 11100 the source became strongly variable on a time scale of months that contaminates the search for the 38 day periodicity. The detected period can not be a...

The effect of soybean oil supplementation in the diet early lactating Girolando cows under moderate heat stress were studied a grazing trial. Dry matter intake (DMI), milk yield, feed efficiency, and behavior (during daytime nighttime) evaluated two groups eight crossbred (Holstein × Gyr) palisade grass (Urochloa brizantha syn. Brachiaria brizantha) with initial means 53±33 days lactation 22.6±...

The magnitude and direction of water transport by the roots of eight dominant Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) woody species were determined with a heat pulse system that allowed bidirectional measurements of sap flow. The patterns of sap flow observed during the dry season in species with dimorphic root systems were consistent with the occurrence of hydraulic redistribution of soil water, the movem...