Publications by authors named "S Koopmans"
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- Bitter gourd, also known as Momordica charantia, is thought to help lower blood sugar levels, but tests on humans aren't as clear as studies on animals.
- In a new study, researchers fed two types of Bitter gourd to obese Minipigs with diabetes to see if it helped improve their blood sugar control.
- The results showed that certain types of Bitter gourd fruit helped reduce some blood sugar-related markers, and its leaves also boosted insulin levels in all the pigs tested.
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of bitter gourd (BG) leftovers (stems and leaves) as an alternative dietary ingredient on pig performance, carcass characteristics, serum parameters (urea, insulin, and leptin levels), and faecal consistency. Healthy Tempo × Great Yorkshire and Landrace pigs (N = 240; 120 gilts and 120 boars) weighing 25.8 kg (9-10 weeks of age) were randomly assigned to three treatments (eight pens per treatment; each pen with five gilts and five boars).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn experiment was performed to study the effects of a low inclusion level of Chlorella vulgaris (CV) biomass in broiler diets on performance, immune response related to inflammatory status, and the intestinal histomorphology. The study was performed with 120 Ross 308 male broiler chickens from 0−35 days of age. The broilers were housed in 12 floor pens (1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lifestyle influences endocrine, metabolic and cardiovascular homeostasis. This study investigated the impact of diet and oral anti-diabetic medication on cardio-metabolic health in human-sized diabetic pigs.
Methods: After a growing pre-phase from ~30 to ~69 kg during which domestic pigs were fed either a low fat, low sucrose diet (group A) or a fast food-type diet elevated in lard (15%) and sucrose (40%) (group B), the pigs were subdivided in 5 groups (n = 7-8 pigs per group).