Pest Identification Guide: Melon Thrips, Thrips palmi Karny by Jeffrey D. Cluever, Hugh A. Smith

“…Feeding on fruit may cause scarring and malformed fruit. …”
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Small Flock Poultry Nutrition by Michael A. Davis

“…It also emphasizes the importance of providing suitable feeds to birds of different ages and discusses common feeding mistakes. …”
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Application of probiotic microcapsules Bacillus cereus BR2 with different doses for the prevention of Aeromonas hydrophila NFC1 infection in catfish Clarias sp. by Nurul Faoziyatunnisa, Munti Yuhana, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Sri Nuryati, Usamah Afiff

“…The research design consisted of five treatments and three replications: (K-) feeding without the supplementation of probiotics fish injected with Phosphate-buffered saline solution; (K+) feeding without the supplementation of probiotics, fish injected with A. hydrophila NFC1 cell suspension (106 CFU/mL); (P1) feeding with supplementation of B. cereus BR2 microcapsules at a dose of 0.5% (w/w); (P2) feeding with the supplementation of B. cereus BR2 microcapsules at a dose of 1% (w/w; (P3) feeding with the supplementation of B. cereus BR2 microcapsules at a dose of 2% (w/w). …”
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A low-protein soybean-free diet improves carcass traits and meat quality and modulates the colonic microbiota in Daweizi pigs by Haohua Fu, Taoming Yang, Hengjia Ni, Hengjia Ni, Jing Li, Fenfen Liu, Jingbo Liu, Yulong Yin, Yulong Yin

“…The use of safe and functional unconventional feed sources can effectively alleviate worldwide protein shortage problems.MethodsHere, we formulated a low-protein soybean-free diet (LPNS) for growing and fattening pigs using rice, potatoes, tea, and other unconventional feed sources. …”
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Effects of organic acid blends on the growth performance, intestinal morphology, microbiota, and serum lipid parameters of broiler chickens by Swapnali Waghmare, Mahesh Gupta, K.B. Bahiram, J.P. Korde, Rekha Bhat, Yashwant Datar, Pushpendra Rajora, M.M. Kadam, Megha Kaore, N.V. Kurkure

“…The birds in Group 1 (T1) were fed a basal diet supplemented with plain drinking water, those in Group 2 (T2) received basal feed supplemented with Acidapure powder (1 kg/MT feed) and plain drinking water, those in Group 3 (T3) received basal feed supplemented with Acidapure liquid in the drinking water (0.2 ml/l water), and those in Group 4 (T4) received basal feed supplemented with Acidapure powder (1 kg/MT feed) and Acidapure liquid in the drinking water (0.2 ml/l water). …”
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The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets by Belete Kuraz Abebe

“…Therefore, the primary goal of this review was to provide and synthesize scientifically confirmed and up-to-date information on the dietary usage of pigeon pea for food and feed. Protein, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, and essential amino acids are all present in reasonable amounts in both mature and immature PP seeds. …”
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Colostrum management practices that improve the transfer of passive immunity in neonatal dairy calves: A scoping review. by T Uyama, D F Kelton, C B Winder, J Dunn, H M Goetz, S J LeBlanc, J T McClure, D L Renaud

“…The objective of this scoping review was to describe the literature on the characteristics and management practices of colostrum feeding and their associations with the level of transfer of passive immunity (TPI) in dairy calves. …”
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Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Minimal Enteral Nutrition on Short-Term Outcomes in Neonates with Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy: A 10-Year Experience from Oman by Manoj Malviya, Sathiya Murthi, Dhanya Jayaraj, Vidya Ramdas, Fadia Nazir Malik, Valsala Nair, Nusrabegam Marikkar, Mukesh Talreja, Tariq Sial, Prakash Manikoth, Renjan Varghese, Khalsa Ali Al Ramadhani, Salima Al Aisry, Said Al Kindi, Ahmed Al Habsi, Ranjit Torgalkar, Munawwar Ahmed, Mohammed Al Yahmadi

“…The impact of enteral feeding during TH remains inadequately explored. We aimed to examine TH’s effects on mortality and brain injury and evaluate the safety and effectiveness of minimal enteral feeding during TH. …”
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Predicting the exposure of mycophenolic acid in children with autoimmune diseases using a limited sampling strategy: A retrospective study by Ping Zheng, Ting Pan, Ya Gao, Juan Chen, Liren Li, Yan Chen, Dandan Fang, Xuechun Li, Fei Gao, Yilei Li

“…Among the 10 models evaluated, the Wide&Deep model exhibited the best predictive performance. …”
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Effects of dietary supplementation with fish-derived Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AV5 on growth status, immune response, microbiota, and intestinal health of Nile tilapia (Oreochromi... by Vicent Michael Shija, Huapu Chen, Yi Li, Lishuko Ng’onga, Kwaku Amoah, Zhong Yong, Junxi Chen, Yu Dapeng, Robert Mkuye, Jia Cai

“…In this study, the effects of the probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AV5 on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) at three different concentrations (GC: 0 cfu/g feed, G1: 1 ×106 cfu/g feed, and G2:1 ×108 cfu/g feed) on growth conditions, antioxidant responses, microbiota, and intestinal structure were assessed. …”
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Induced Defense in Ryegrass–Epichloë Symbiosis Against <i>Listronotus bonariensis</i>: Impact on Peramine Levels and Pest Performance by Manuel Chacón-Fuentes, Gunnary León-Finalé, Marcelo Lizama, Gastón Gutiérrez-Gamboa, Daniel Martínez-Cisterna, Andrés Quiroz, Leonardo Bardehle

“…After ASW feeding damage, insect consumption was measured by the leaf area consumed. …”
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An optimization approach for improving steam production of heat recovery steam generator by Awsan Mohammed, Moath Al-Mansour, Ahmed M. Ghaithan, Adel Alshibani

“…The findings revealed that the most parameters affecting steam production include high-pressure (HP) feed gas flow, HP feed gas pressure, and the interaction between low-pressure (LP) feed gas pressure, and HP feed gas flow. …”
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Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period by Emma Blakey, Daniel Kuria, Michelle McGillion, Fiona Scott

“…Parents reported conflicting feelings, negative feelings and silver linings cutting across eight themes, including: impacts on well-being, feeling without a village, changes to healthcare, atypical social experiences as a new parent, differential impacts on financial and working lives, conflicting feelings around digital technology, anger and worry regarding contradictory government guidance and recommendations for other parents. …”
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Application of Presplitting Blasting Technology in Surrounding Rock Control of Gob-Side Entry Retaining with Hard Roof: A Case Study by Shuang Gong, Yi Tan, Yunpeng Liu, Dan Zhu, Yang Yu

“…The peeping results show that the crack formation rate in the charging section exceeds 85% in the process of deep hole blasting. …”
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Mitigating the Bridge End Bump Problem: A Case Study of a New Slab System with a Lower Partition Slab-Pile Foundation by Yu Yang, Chuang Yu, Ze-xiang Wu, Dong-mei Tu

“…The mechanical bearing capacity of the deep-seated concrete slab is insufficient and prone to structural damage. …”
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Spatial and depth distribution of salinity and nitrate in a depleted alluvial aquifer (Haouz plain, Morocco) by Hamza Sahraoui, Younes Fakir, Houssne Bouimouass, Sarah Tweed, Marc Leblanc, Rabia Benaddi, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…Understanding groundwater contamination processes in depleted aquifers is needed to improve their integrated management. The present study aims to understand how the conditions prevailing in a depleting detritic unconfined aquifer could affect the salinity and nitrate contamination. …”
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Dietary Diversity and Meal Frequency Practices among Infant and Young Children Aged 6–23 Months in Ethiopia: A Secondary Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2011 by Melkam Aemro, Molla Mesele, Zelalem Birhanu, Azeb Atenafu

“…Appropriate complementary feeding practice is essential for growth and development of children. …”
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Electrochemical Skin Conductance May Be Used to Screen for Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in a Chinese Population with Diabetes by Tianyi He, Chuan Wang, Anju Zuo, Pan Liu, Ruxing Zhao, Wenjuan Li, Li Chen, Xinguo Hou

“…In all subjects ESCs of hands and feet were also detected by SUDOSCAN™ as a new screening method. …”
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A Multiagent Alphavirus DNA Vaccine Delivered by Intramuscular Electroporation Elicits Robust and Durable Virus-Specific Immune Responses in Mice and Rabbits and Completely Protect... by Lesley C. Dupuy, Michelle J. Richards, Brian D. Livingston, Drew Hannaman, Connie S. Schmaljohn

“…There remains a need for vaccines that can safely and effectively protect against the biological threat agents Venezuelan (VEEV), western (WEEV), and eastern (EEEV) equine encephalitis virus. …”
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Migratory behaviour of humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific under climate change by Virginie Millien, Nicole Stafiej, Fernando Félix, Hector M. Guzman

“…Abstract Humpback whales, a species of baleen whale occurring in all oceans globally, undergo seasonal migration between their breeding grounds in tropical warm waters and high latitude feeding grounds. Using multiple years of satellite tracking data, we modeled the effect of oceanic conditions on the movement behaviour of 42 humpback whales belonging to the Southeastern Pacific population (also known as Breeding Stock G) during their migration from breeding grounds in Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador to feeding grounds in waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. …”
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