Effect of dietary inclusion of tree leaves on growth, antioxidant status and blood biochemical constituents in ram lambs during summer stress by S RAJU, D NAGALAKSHMI, N NALINI KUMARI, N RAJANNA, B SWATHI

“…Animals were fed with respective concentrate mixtures to meet about 80% of protein requirements and sorghum stover was offered ad lib. Tree leaf inclusion did not affect fortnightly body weights, dry matter intake, average daily gain, or feed efficiency. …”
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The Molecular Effects of a High Fat Diet on Endometrial Tumour Biology by Michael Wilkinson, Piriyah Sinclair, Ludmilla Dellatorre-Teixeira, Patrick Swan, Eoin Brennan, Bruce Moran, Dirk Wedekind, Paul Downey, Kieran Sheahan, Emer Conroy, William M. Gallagher, Neil Docherty, Carel le Roux, Donal J. Brennan

“…Group A (<i>n</i> = 7) were given ad lib access to a normal calorie, normal chow diet (NCD) while Group B (<i>n</i> = 12) were given ad lib access to a calorie rich HFD for 15 months. …”
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Altered vertebral and femoral bone structure in juvenile offspring of microswine subject to maternal low protein nutritional challenge by Stuart A. Lanham, Elizabeth DuPriest, Philipp Kupfer, Cyrus Cooper, Susan P. Bagby, Richard O. C. Oreffo

“…Offspring were weaned at 4 weeks of age to ad lib or calorie‐restricted food intake groups. Femur and vertebra were analysed by micro computed tomography in offspring 3–5 months of age. …”
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Boiled potato waste silage as an alternate roughage for goats by SAHIL RAINA, R K SHARMA, ANKUR RASTOGI, A K PATHAK, NAZAM KHAN, VIJAY KUMAR SHARMA

“…Each group was given ad lib. wheat straw, concentrate mixture @ 20 g/KgW0.75 and silage @ 75 g/KgW0.75 Based on variation in source of silage the groups were classified as maize silage (MS) or potato peel waste silage (PPS) groups. …”
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Vaping behaviour patterns and daily blood pressure and heart rate variation: a brief report by Susan D. Mueller, Geraldine R. Britton, Gary D. James, Pamela Stewart Fahs

“…Implications This pilot study reveals that, when ad lib consumption is documented and measured, vaping has unique and potentially harmful effects on blood pressure, pulse, and mean arterial pressure. …”
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Influence of urea molasses mineral blocks having bentonite as binder on the feed intake, nutrient utilization and economics of feeding of crossbred calves by V SANKAR, PUTAN SINGH, A K PATIL, A K VERMA, ASIT DAS

“…In Group 1, 70% of crude protein (CP) requirement was met through feeding of concentrate mixture and remaining CP was supplied through UMMB and ad lib. wheat straw (control). In Groups 2, 3 and 4, the feeding regimen followed was same as that of control except that UMMB was replaced with UMMB-A, UMMB-B, UMMB-C which vary in physical composition (wheat bran, urea, cement and bentonite content). …”
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Influence of metabolizable energy and protein levels on age and weight at puberty in male buffalo by GOUTAM MONDAL, PAPORI TALUKDAR, TAPAN KUMAR DAS, MUKESH BHAKAT, MADHU MOHINI

“…The animals were fed individually ad lib. from around 13 months of age to age at puberty and at the 18 months a metabolic trial was conducted. …”
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Performance of growing lambs on rations containing Lathyrus grainsas protein source by M M DAS, V K YADAV, A SINGH, P K GHOSH, A SARKER

“…In the control group (LG0), the animals were fed ad lib. green chaff of fodder Sorghum bicolor cv. …”
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A polyol mixture or molasses treated beet pulp in the silage based diet of dairy cows: I. The effect on the feed utilization, milk yield and blood values by Mikko Tuori, Esko Poutiainen

“…Hay was given at 2 kg/d, silage ad lib. and concentrate mixture at 78 kg according to the milk yield. …”
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Fasting Enhances the Acute Toxicity of Acrylonitrile in Mice via Induction of CYP2E1 by Suhua Wang, Guangwei Xing, Fang Li, Bobo Yang, Yu Zhang, Michael Aschner, Rongzhu Lu

“…Convulsions, loss of righting reflex, and death 4 h after AN treatment were observed and recorded for each group of mice. Relative to ad lib-fed mice, 48 h fasting significantly increased the acute toxicity of AN, as noted by a more rapid onset of convulsions and death. …”
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Weight Regain after Alternate Day Fasting with Adipose Tissue Metabolism Changes in the Diet-Induced Obesity of Mice Model by Shion Yuki, Tetsuya Shiuchi, Sachiko Chikahisa, Hiroyoshi Sei

“…This study aimed to investigate the effect of ADF on post-diet weight change and evaluate the potential factors associated with the weight change.Methods: The following three types of dietary interventions were considered: Ad libitum (Ad lib), CR, and ADF followed by refeeding, and determining changes in weight, metabolic parameters, and gene expression levels in the adipose tissue.Results: The ADF group gained the maximum weight during the refeeding period. …”
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Effect of low-protein diet, gender and age on the apparent ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler chickens raised under hot-humid tropical condition by ELMUTAZ ATTA AWAD, IDRUS ZULKIFLI, ABDOREZA SOLEIMANI FARJAM, LOH TECK CHWEN, MOHAMMAD ABUL HOSSAIN, AHMED ALJUOBORI

“…Birds were fed on 2 diets, i.e starter (CP 22.2%; 16.2%) and finisher (19.5% and 13.5%) ad lib. from 1–42 days. Results showed that birds fed on low-CP diet significantly increased the apparent ileal digestibility of CP and all AA except for Lys, regardless of sex and age. …”
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Effect of low-protein diet, gender and age on the apparent ileal amino acid digestibility in broiler chickens raised under hot-humid tropical condition by Awad Mohamed, Elmutaz Atta, Idrus, Zulkifli, Farjam, Abdoreza Soleimani, Loh, Teck Chwen, Hossain, Mohammad Abul, Al Juobori, Ahmed

“…Birds were fed on 2 diets, i.e starter (CP 22.2%; 16.2%) and finisher (19.5% and 13.5%) ad lib. from 1–42 days. Results showed that birds fed on low-CP diet significantly increased the apparent ileal digestibility of CP and all AA except for Lys, regardless of sex and age. …”
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Effect of feeding larvae meal in the diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality in broiler chicken by Kareem, Karwan Yaseen, Abdulla, Nazim Rasul, Foo, Hooi Ling, Mohd Zamri, Amirah Nabilah, Shazali, Nurhazirah, Loh, Teck Chwen, Alshelmani, Mohamed Idris

“…The feed and drinking water were provided ad lib. The findings showed that body weight, average daily gain and total weight gain for group of birds fed 0% larvae meal significantly decreased compared to those chickens fed 8% and 10% larvae meal. …”
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Long-term effects of prenatal undernutrition on female rat hypothalamic KNDy neurons by Shiori Minabe, Kinuyo Iwata, Youki Watanabe, Hirotaka Ishii, Hitoshi Ozawa

“…Twelve p regnant rats were divided into ad-lib-fed (control, n = 6) and 50% undernutrition (UN, n = 6) groups. …”
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Intra-uterine Growth Restriction Downregulates the Hepatic Toll Like Receptor-4 Expression and Function by Ozlem Equils, Sapna Singh, Semra Karaburun, Daning Lu, Manikkavasagar Thamotharan, Sherin U. Devaskar

“…The hepatic TLR4 protein concentration was undetectable in the IUGR rats that had restricted milk intake during the suckling period (SM/SP; n = 4, p < 0.05) as compared to the normal growth controls (CM/CP; n=4), and access to ad lib milk intake during the sucking period partially corrected the hepatic TLR4 expression (SM/CP; n = 4). …”
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FEEDING AND GROWTH EFFICIENCY INDICES OF RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS) DURING DEPRIVATION AND RE-FEEDING PERIODS by A. Imani; M. Farhangi; R. Yazdanparast; M. Bakhtiyari; Z. Shokoh saljoghi; B. Majazi amiri

“…Four treatments with three replicates including a control group without feed deprivation and treatments 1, 2 and 3 with 1,2 and 3 week(s) of feed deprivation, respectively, were set up. Fish were fed ad lib for five weeks from week four up to the end of week eight, twice daily. …”
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Gross anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract in reindeer, free-living and fed baled timothy silage in summer and winter by Tove H. Aagnes, Svein D. Mathiesen

“…Three animals were slaughtered directly (NP reindeer), three offered first cut (FC) silage and three regrowth (RG) silage ad lib., for 46 days. The FC silage contained 27% leaves and 57.8% dry matter (DM) cell wall content (CWC) and the RG silage 89 % leaves, and 38.7% DM CWC. …”
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Restricted Feeding Resets the Peripheral Clocks of the Digestive System by Kazuo Nakazawa, Minako Matsuo, Naobumi Kimura, Rika Numano

“…They were maintained by being fed ad lib (FF) and subsequently subjected to 4 hour (4 h) restricted feeding (RF) during the rest period under light conditions in order to examine whether the peripheral clocks of different parts in the digestive tract could be entrained. …”
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Digestibility of nutrients in crossbred heifers supplemented with hydroponically sprouted maize grains by P K NAIK, M KARUNAKARAN, E B CHAKURKAR, B K SWAIN, N P SINGH

“…BW 271.22 kg) were fed individually 2 kg standard conventional concentrate mixture along with 10 kg hydroponically sprouted maize grains and ad lib. jowar straw daily to meet their nutrient requirements for a period of 30 days followed by a 6 days digestion trial. …”
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