February 2012

Effects of selenium and vitamin E and night or day feeding on performance of Holstein dairy cows during hot weather

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the selenium-vitamin E and night time or day time feeding on performance of Holstein dairy cows in heat stress. A total of 20 Holstein dairy cows (86±10 days postpartum and 600±20 kg BW) were randomly assigned to 4 treatments in a 2×2 factorial design and received a ration according to National Research Council (NRC) 2001 formulation. All dairy cows...

Author(s): A. M. Tahmasbi, M. Kazemi, M. M. Moheghi, J. Bayat and A. M. Shahri

February 2012

Modulating effects of quercetin on aldehyde oxidase (OX-LDL) and hepatocytes injury in Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat

Quercetin (QR) is a strong antioxidant and long-term treatment for STZ-diabetic animals and it has been shown to reduce oxidative stress. Antioxidants have essential effect on liver diseases. Enhanced oxidative stress and changes in antioxidant capacity are considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetes mellitus. Wistar male rat (n = 40) were allocated into three groups, control group (n =...

Author(s): Mina Bakhshaeshi, Arash Khaki, Fatemeh Fathiazad, S. A. M. Imani, Amir Afshin Khaki and Elham Ghadamkheir