This study determined the effects of rumen-protected methionine (RPM) supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) utilisation and plasma amino acid profiles Liaoning cashmere goats during fibre growth. Twenty-four yearling male (body weight: 35.41 ± 1.13 kg) were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments: a corn–soybean meal basal diet deficient in (negative c...

The objective was to investigate the effect of supplementing a wheat distillers dried grains with solubles (wheat DDGS)-based diet with carbohydrase enzyme blends on growth performance and nutrient digestibilities in growing and finishing pigs. In Exp. 1, 48 pigs with a BW of 36.5 +/- 1.03 kg (mean +/- SD) were randomly assigned to 24 pens (2 pigs per pen) on the basis of sex and BW, and pigs w...

A polymorphism of the alpha-subunit of adducin, Gly460-->Trp, may affect membrane ion transport and be associated with human EH (essential hypertension). The alpha-adducin Gly460-->Trp polymorphism was determined in 242 NC (normal controls) and 73 patients with EH and was related to the membrane ion transport marker in EH, erythrocyte Na/LiCT (sodium-lithium countertransport), in a subgroup of ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to evaluate cerebral microangiopathy in type 2 noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients and to establish potentially conducive factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS A group of 34 patients with NIDDM and 31 gender- and agematched normal controls (NC) were assessed by extracranial Doppler ultrasound, in order to evaluate the pulsatility index (PI) ...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of supplementing different protease enzymes on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and selected carcass traits in broilers fed diets reduced 3.5% crude protein (CP) amino acids (AA). One thousand one-day-old Ross 308 (41 g) were assigned five dietary treatments with ten replicates 20 birds each: (PC) a positive control diet formulated meet acid req...

Clostridium perfringens can induce necrotic enteritis of chickens, which causes large economic losses every year. Bacillus licheniformis, a probiotic, can inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria such as Clostridium perfringens, thereby improving the health status of chickens. However, from a microbial ecology perspective, the mechanisms by which alterations to the gut microbiota improve healt...

The perinatal outcomes of pregnancies with nuchal cord (NC) are uncertain and reports disagree about the incidence of cesarean section due to NC. Variable tightness of the NC may be a contributor to this controversy. The study was to examine whether the tightness of NC affect fetal intrauterine distress by determining valuable ultrasonic indicators. Total 149 singleton pregnancies between 36 an...