the present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of extruded linseed on milk production,dry matter intake and reproduction performance of 300 holstein lactating cows (35±15 days in milk;41±9/8 kg/day of milk production). cows were placed in a completely randomized design of 2treatments (concentrate containing 7 percent of extruded linseed vs. control), (150 cows pertreatment). cows were ...

abstract colchicum kotschyi boiss (colchicaceae) is one of the sixteen iranian native colchicum species, containing considerable amount of colchicine. to study the effect of different nutrient levels on corm yield and colchicine content of colchicum kotschyi boiss under open field soilless culture, an experiment was performed in a randomized complete design at the horticultural research station...

sainfoin (onobrychis viciifolia scop.) is a perennial forage legume has recognized for its feed value and high stability. this experiment was conducted to investigate the relationship among morphological and agronomic traits using multivariate statistical methods including correlation, regression and factor analysis. twenty one accessions of sainfoin were evaluated in a randomized complete bloc...

this experiment was carried out to study the effects of corn and green gram intercropping on yield and some quality characteristics of forage at agricultural research station of gorgan during summer 2006 & 2007. the experimental design was a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with twelve treatments and four replications. a local green gram and corn single cross 550 were the crops used in t...

The evaluation of foodstuffs provides the animal nutritionists with necessary information to adjust the diet from a physiological and economic point of view, so that the animal performance be desirable. Nowadays, there are various methods for evaluating ruminant feed intake. One of the most important methods is in situ nylon bag technique. Prosopis farcta is one of plants which is used as forag...

this study was performed to investigate the photosynthetic partitioning pattern of materials to aerial parts of bread wheat in dryland conditions. it was as well to study its relationship with bread wheat resistance and grain yield in drought conditions. seven genotypes including two cultivars (azar2, sardari) and five lines were investigated in a field experiment through a randomized complete ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the best level of inclusion of cactus pear in the ensiling of elephant grass Brazil seeds (BRS) capiaçu (Pennisetum purpureum), its effects on fermentative characteristics; and nutritional value. Experimental treatments consisted of BRS capiaçu grass silage with five levels of inclusion of cactus pear (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% inclusion as fresh ...