This study was conducted to investigate the effects of artichoke powder on performance and immune function of Japanese quails poisoned with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). One hundred meat type (1-d-old) quails were assigned randomly to 4 treatment groups (n=25). Treatment groups included with the study were: 1) control group (without artichoke supplementation or CCl4 administration, 2) group with...

response surface methodology was applied to determine the optimum processing conditions that lead to maximum water loss, weight reduction and minimum solid gain as well as water activity during osmotic dehydration of carrots. temperature (30-50?c), processing time (120-240 min), glucose syrup de=42 (30-50% w/w) and salt (5-15%) concentrations were the factors investigated with respect to water ...

thirty six male chall lambs (four-month old and 26  ±1.5 kg body weight) were randomly assigned into four treatments (nine lambs per treatment) to study the effect of powerfeed® (a commercial mixture made from wheat processing by-product and wheat bran) on weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, serum sodium and potassium concentration and urine ph. lambs in control group were fed with...

a chick bioassay with chemically defined amino acid (aa) diets was conducted to compare four different aa profiles: the nrc (1994), feed stuff, rhone poulenc animal nutrition (rpan) and illinois ideal chick protein (iicp) aa profiles. this battery study involved male and female chicks during grower (21 to 42 days of age) period. indispensable aas were rationed to lysine according to requirement...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of three lighting programs on immune system and performance of broiler chickens. a total of 288 seven day-old male broiler chicks (ross-308) were randomly distributed between three treatments. each group was housed in the separated room with eight pen and 12-birds per pen. the management conditions were similar for all treatments throughout the ...

the objective of this study was evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi on macrosomia of neonate. in a descriptive cross-sectional study, neonate weighs of all term pregnancy in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi delivered from 2002 to 2004 in shaheed sadoughi hospital in yazd, were evaluated. compared with mothers w...