in this study, the effect of maternal additive genetic and environment on body weight at 6 weeks (bwt6w), breast width (hbrs), carcass weight (carcwt), breast weight (brswt), blood hematocrit value (hem), residual feed intake (rfi), daily feed intake (dfi) and average daily gain (adg) were investigated in a commercial broiler dam line. with and without maternal effects, six different animal mod...

anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. however, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. during recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...

Obesity is a chronic metabolic condition with important public health implications associated with numerous co-morbidities including cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, and hypertension. The renin angiotensin system (RAS), best known for its involvement in cardiovascular control and body fluid homeostasis has, more recently, been implicated in regulation of energy balance. Interference ...

In this prospective study, birth weight of 304 babies born at Kamla Nehru Hospital Pune during study period was recorded. From these 304 babies, babies with birth weight above 2000 grams were selected (260 babies) to prepare growth velocity curves. Daily weight of these 260 babies was recorded for 30 days. The mean birth weight of study population was 2742.5 grams. Among the daily weight record...

This study reports the outcomes of daily (semi-urban areas) and weekly (remote rural regions) programs for moderately wasted children supplemented with locally produced ready-to-use foods in the form of fortified cereal/nut/legume-based biscuits on Nias Island, Indonesia (RUF-Nias biscuit). Thirty-four children in daily and twenty children in weekly programs aged ≥6 to <60 months with weight-fo...

background: feeding intolerance is prevalent in very low birth weight (vlbw) neonates and is a barrier for better and faster growth in these neonates. some studies have supported the administration of oral probiotic to decrease feeding intolerance. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of probiotic on feeding intolerance in vlbw neonates. methods: this randomized clinical trial study...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of varying dietary selenium (Se) levels and Se source on growing swine. In Exp. 1, seleniferous wheat and oats were used to formulate diets containing .47, 2.58, 5.60 or 8.40 micrograms/g organic Se. Dietary Se level had no effect on pig performance during the 6-wk experiment as measured by daily gain, daily feed intake or feed/gain. Blood ...

The data on 6772 growth records of Sirohi goats maintained at All India Coordinated Research Projecton Sirohi goat at Livestock Research Station, Vallabhnagar, Udaipur, India, and recorded between 2004 and 2016, were analysed to study the growth related traits and their genetic control. The overall least squares means of body weight at birth, W3M, W6M, W9M, W12M, were 2.34 ± 0.03, 12.44 ± 0.19,...