Dietary incorporation of brown seaweed spent oyster mushroom substrate alters growth performance, physiological responses and meat quality parameters in Boschveld roosters.

Use of brown seaweed (Ecklonia maxima) as a nutraceutical source in indigenous chicken diets is limited by high dietary fibre levels. Inoculating seaweeds with oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) spawn (OMS) could enhance the utility of the spent mushroom substrate (SMS). This study investigated the effect of feeding incremental levels of brown seaweed SMS on growth performance, physiological responses, and meat quality parameters in Boschveld roosters.

Engineering of Mesoporous Cube-like InO Products as Ethanol Detection Platform at Low Operating Temperature: Effects of Different Transition Metals as Dopant Ions.

Although most semiconductor metal oxides including InO show acceptable sensitivity to volatile organic compounds, it is difficult to detect ethanol effectively at low operating temperatures and detection levels. In this study, pure and Co-, Ni-, and Cu-doped InO products with their doping content maintained at 1 mol % were successfully produced using a hydrothermal approach. Explicit contrast on the structural, microstructural, and textural properties of the synthesized InO products was examined to determine their gas sensing performance.

The effect of incorporating dietary green seaweed ( sp.) on growth performance, blood parameters, and carcass and meat quality characteristics of Jumbo quail.

Seaweeds are functional aquatic plants that can be used in Jumbo quail ( sp.) feeds as sources of phytochemicals and nutrients. However, no studies have investigated the feed value of green seaweed ( sp.

Effect of seaweed (Ecklonia maxima) on apparent nutrient digestibility, growth performance, and physiological and meat quality parameters in Boschveld cockerels.

Despite being touted as a rich source of nutrients and functional bioactive compounds, the amount of brown seaweed (Ecklonia maxima) that can be included in diets of Boschveld indigenous chickens is unknown. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of feeding graded levels of brown seaweed meal (BSM) on apparent nutrient digestibility, growth performance, and physiological and meat quality parameters in Boschveld cockerels. A total of 225, five-wk-old Boschveld cockerels (316.

Unveiling Semiconductor Nanostructured Based Holmium-Doped ZnO: Structural, Luminescent and Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Properties.

This research work describes the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures doped with Ho ions using a conventional sol-gel synthesis method. The nanostructured produced exhibited a wurtzite hexagonal structure in both ZnO and ZnO:Ho (0.25, 0.