Dietary γ-Aminobutyric Acid Promotes Growth and Immune System Performance and Improves Erythropoiesis and Angiogenesis in Gibel Carp (<i>Carassius auratus gibelio</i>) by Xinlan Bai, Lu Zhang, Hualiang Liang, Dongyu Huang, Mingchun Ren, Haifeng Mi

“…The results showed that the level of 527 mg/kg (G3) of GABA significantly increased the specific growth rate (SGR), weight gain rate (WGR), and final body weight (FBW) of Gibel carp, while the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total cholesterol (TC), and glucose (GLU) were also increased significantly. …”
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Comparing a single dose of xylanase to a double dose or cocktail of non-starch polysaccharide-degrading enzymes in broiler chicken diets by N. Morgan, M.M. Bhuiyan, A. Wallace, R. Hopcroft

“…Performance (total pen body weight, feed intake and feed conversion ratio corrected for mortality) was determined at d 0-35. …”
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A Comparison of Urine Dilution Ability between Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Other Chronic Kidney Diseases, and Healthy Control Subjects: A Case-Control Study by M. H. Malmberg, F. H. Mose, E. B. Pedersen, J. N. Bech

“…Eighteen ADPKD, 16 non-ADPKD patients (both with chronic kidney disease, stage I-IV), and 18 healthy controls received an oral water load of 20 ml/kg body weight. Urine was collected in 7 consecutive periods. …”
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Salivary Biomarkers (Opiorphin, Cortisol, Amylase, and IgA) Related to Age, Sex, and Stress Perception in a Prospective Cohort of Healthy Schoolchildren by Anna Krahel, Elzbieta Paszynska, Justyna Otulakowska-Skrzynska, Szymon Rzatowski, Amadeusz Hernik, Agnieszka Slopien, Tomasz Hanć, Paula Szczesniewska, Ewa Bryl, Yves Boucher, Marta Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor, Maria Gawriolek, Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz

“…Material and Methods. 503 children under 12 years old (8.7±1.3) were included with anthropometric evaluation (height, waist, hip circumference, body weight, and body mass index (BMI)). Levels of opiorphin (OPI), free cortisol, alpha-amylase (sAA), and secreted immunoglobulin (sIgA) were determined by quantitative assays (ELISA) in unstimulated saliva. …”
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Short-Term Bixin Supplementation of Healthy Subjects Decreases the Susceptibility of LDL to Cu2+-Induced Oxidation Ex Vivo by Lisiane Conte, Sabrina Somacal, Sabrina Marafiga Nichelle, Cristine Rampelotto, Silvino Sasso Robalo, Miguel Roehrs, Tatiana Emanuelli

“…The effect of daily supplementation (0.05 mg/kg of body weight (b.w.)) with bixin, norbixin, lycopene, or placebo for 7 days was evaluated in a randomized, controlled crossover study in 16 healthy volunteers (8 men and 8 women). …”
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Assessment of aluminium level in commercial pasteurized and UHT milk in Bangladesh and their potential health risks by Ishrat Jahan, Kazi Md. Al-Noman, Shabbir Ahmed, Mst. Umme Habiba, S. A. Masudul Hoque, Abu Sadeque Md. Selim, Md. Morshedur Rahman

“…The estimated daily Al intake ranged from 2.00E-03 to 3.00E-03 mg/kg body weight, contributing 1.4 to 2.1% of the provisional tolerable weekly intake. …”
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Diet-Induced Obesity Is Associated with an Impaired NK Cell Function and an Increased Colon Cancer Incidence by Ina Bähr, Vincent Goritz, Henriette Doberstein, Grit Gesine Ruth Hiller, Philip Rosenstock, Janine Jahn, Ole Pörtner, Tobias Berreis, Thomas Mueller, Julia Spielmann, Heike Kielstein

“…In animal studies, colon cancer growth was induced by injection of azoxymethane (AOM) in normal weight and diet-induced obese rats. Body weight and visceral fat mass were increased in obese animals compared to normal weight rats. …”
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Efficiency of using SNP markers in the <i>MSTN</i> gene in the selection of the Pushkin breed chickens by N. V. Dementeva, A. B. Vakhrameev, T. A. Larkina, O. V. Mitrofanova

“…Thus, marker selection carried out for five generations in the experimental population of Pushkin breed chickens to increase body weight has reliably (p &lt; 0.001) changed the exterior profile of adult birds.…”
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Growth performance of 3-g Anguilla bicolor bicolor at different density by Sufal Diansyah, Tatag Budiardi, Agus Oman Sudrajat

“…The eel used for this study was Anguilla bicolor bicolor at stadia elver with average body weight of 3 g/fish. Fish were reared for 60 days. …”
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Relation of Malnutrition and Nosocomical Infections in Cancer Patients in Hospital: An Observational Study by Bianca Tabita Muresan, Martín Núñez‐Abad, Ana Artero, Jaime Rios Rios, Alberto Jacobo Cunquero-Tomás, Vega Iranzo, Javier Garrido, Ana Jiménez-Portilla, Carlos Camps Herrero, Carlos J. Sánchez Juan

“…Patients were nutritionally assessed 24 to 48 hours after admission. Body weight, height and BMI, body composition through measurement of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and muscle strength and functionality using hand grip strength (HGS) were prospectively collected. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the first domestic pegilated interferon alpha-2b «Pegaltevir» at chronic hepatitis C: pilot data of phase III clinical study by V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. Bessonova, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. G. Morozov, V. D. Pasechnikov, I. Yu. Khomenko, A. V. Yagoda

“…All patients received 1,5 mkg per 1 kg body weight per week of Pegaltevir or PegIntron and 800–1400 mg of ribavirin per day. …”
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Sexual dimorphism related to growth in climbing perch Anabas testudineus by Rahmat Hidayat, Odang Carman, , Alimuddin

“…Fish were fed on commercial feed (30% protein) three times a day at 10% feeding rate. Body weight and body length were individually recorded every 15 days, sex was determined at the end of the experiment by surgering the fish and gonad was weighed to calculate gonadosomatic index (GSI). …”
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Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Chick Embryo: Immunomodulatory, Hepatic and Biochemical Alterations by Md. Sadequl Islam, Md. Nurul Amin, Mst. Deloara Begum

“…Results The results revealed subcutaneous haemorrhage, significant reductions in total body weight and marked changes in biochemical markers, including urea, creatinine, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), in the amniotic fluid of the groups treated with TiO2 NPs, compared to the control. …”
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Effects of cinnamon, rosemary and oregano on growth performance, blood biochemistry, liver enzyme activities, excreta microbiota and ileal morphology of Campylobacter jejuni‐challe... by Zahra Alimohammadi, Hassan Shirzadi, Kamran Taherpour, Enayat Rahmatnejad, Ali Khatibjoo

“…Except for the NC group, all chicks were orally challenged with 2 × 108 CFU/mL C. jejuni daily from days 21–25. Feed intake, body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), energy efficiency ratio (EER) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) were assessed during the rearing period (0–42 days). …”
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Dietary Zinc Requirement of Young Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy, Lac.) by Mia Setiawati, N.R. Azwar, I. Mokoginta, R. Affandi

“…The initial means of body weight of body the fishes was 0.82 g per individual. …”
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Spinal arachnoid diverticula in cats: Clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging findings, treatment, and outcome by João Miguel De Frias, Sofie F. M. Bhatti, George Nye, Rita Gonçalves, Tom Harcourt‐Brown, Angela Fadda, Katia Marioni‐Henry, Hannah Padley, Steven De Decker

“…No difference in age, body weight, breed, sex, treatment, or outcome was found between cats with or without a concurrent spinal disorder. …”
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The effect of thymus vulgaris extract and probiotic on growth performance, blood parameters, intestinal morphology, and litter quality of broiler chickens fed low-protein diets by Ali Golshahi, Mahmoud Shams Shargh, Behrouz Dastar, Enayat Rahmatnejad

“…Additives boosted FI and body weight gain (BWG) during the starter period, with probiotics having a stronger effect (P < 0.05). …”
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Systemic nitric oxide metabolites and the chance of pre-diabetes regression to normoglycemia: A 9-year cohort study by Zahra Bahadoran, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi, Asghar Ghasemi

“…., measured as serum NO metabolites (NOx), crude and body weight (BW)-adjusted NOx to creatinine ratio (NOx-to-Cr)] over 9 years. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…DP group children received a bolus intravenous (IV) propofol at 1 mg/kg body weight followed by 1 mcg/kg dexmedetomidine over 10 minutes. …”
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Unraveling the transcriptomic effects of leucine supplementation on muscle growth and performance in basketball athletes. by Sinan Wang, Weishuai Guo, Rui Dong

“…Participants were then given a functional drink containing either leucine (50 mg/kg body weight) or a placebo for 28 days. After supplementation, the same exercise performance metrics were reassessed. …”
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