Influence of an organic acid blend and essential oil blend, individually or in combination, on growth performance, carcass parameters, apparent digestibility, intestinal microflora and intestinal morphology of broilers

WOS: 000375416900012PubMed ID: 267851401. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of an organic acid (OA) and essential oil (EO) blends, individually or in combination, on growth performance, carcass parameters, apparent digestibility, intestinal microflora and intestinal morphology of broilers. 2. A total of 480 one-d-old male Ross 308 chicks were randomly assigned to 4 treatments consisting of 4 replicates each (n = 30 birds in each replicate). Dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet (control), and basal diet supplemented with 2 g/kg OA blend (OAB), 300 mg/kg EO blend (EOB), or with 2 g/kg OA and 300 mg/kg EO blend (OAB-EOB) for 42 d. 3. The dietary supplementation with EO blend or in combination with OA blend increased body weight gain and improved feed efficiency as compared to control. Dietary treatments had no significant effects on feed consumption or relative organ weights of broilers. 4. The OAB diet increased carcass yield compared to the control diet but the lowest carcass yield occurred with the OAB-EOB combination. Birds fed on EOB and OAB-EOB diets had lower ileum Escherichia coli counts than birds fed on the control diet. 5. There was no significant effect of treatments on apparent digestibility at 16-21 d but the EOB and OAB-EOB diets increased apparent digestibility of dry matter and crude protein during the finisher period (d 37-42) compared to the control diet. 6. Birds fed on the EOB and OAB-EOB diets had greater villus height in the ileum at 21 and 42 d of age and had lower crypt depth in the ileum at 42 d of age than birds given the control diet. 7. In conclusion, beneficial effects of the use of EO blend individually or in combination with the OA blend were observed but the OA blend alone was ineffective. Furthermore, the use of the combination of OA and EO was more effective, in some respects, than their individual use

NEBIVOLOL PREVENTS RESTENOSIS BY INHIBITING INFLAMMATION, PROLIFERATION AND PLATELET AGGREGATION IN HIGH GLUCOSE-INDUCED HUMAN SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS

[No Abstract Available]Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Ege University, Turkey [TDK-2020-21833]The authors would like to thank to the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Ege University, Turkey (B.Reel, TDK-2020-21833) for financial support

Treatment with ginseng ameliorates chronic histopathologic changes in a mouse model of asthma

27th Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergology-and-Clinical-Immunology -- JUN 07-11, 2008 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 000256235601525European Acad Allergol & Clinical Immuno

Efficacy of nebulized sildenafil on lung histopathology in a murine model of chronic asthma

27th Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergology-and-Clinical-Immunology -- JUN 07-11, 2008 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 000256235601524European Acad Allergol & Clinical Immuno

Effects of Hedera helix and gingko biloba treatments on chronic histopathologic changes in a mouse model of asthma

27th Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergology-and-Clinical-Immunology -- JUN 07-11, 2008 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 000256235601523European Acad Allergol & Clinical Immuno

A novel incentive-based retail demand response program for collaborative participation of small customers

Integration of aggregated demand response into the wholesale electricity market is an emerging field of research. Contrary to conventional service providers, most of the demand side participants act voluntarily. However, due to wholesale market regulations, reliable and effective participation of huge numbers of customers is a vital task for aggregators. The existing retail programs aim to motivate customers to take part in events in return for static or individual performance-based incentives. These programs do not focus on engaging customers to act in a collaborative way and therefore have limited effectiveness. This study proposes a novel retail demand response program in which the incentives are dependent on the aggregated performance of participants. Considering the existing wholesale and retail market structures together with demand response aggregator responsibilities, an adaptable program is developed for more effective performance and indirect collaboration of customers. The contribution of the program is compared with a number of different DR programs adopting concepts from game theory