Effects of supplementation of nonforage fiber source in diets with different starch levels on growth performance, rumen fermentation, nutrient digestion, and microbial flora of Hu lambs.

The objectives were to evaluate the effects of fiber source and dietary starch level on growth performance, nutrient digestion, rumen parameters, and rumen bacteria in fattening lambs. A total of 360 lambs (BW = 24.72 ± 0.

Value of urinary KIM-1 and NGAL combined with serum Cys C for predicting acute kidney injury secondary to decompensated cirrhosis.

Urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and serum cystatin C (Cys C) are biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the efficacy of combining these indices to diagnose decompensated cirrhosis is unknown. This study involved 150 patients divided into AKI and non-AKI, and healthy individuals.

[Relationship among pathological changes in liver tissues and level of serum ALT, virology of patients with chronic HBV infection].

Objective: To study the relationship among pathological and immunohistochemical changes in liver tissue and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), HBV DNA levels in the patients with HBV infection.

Methods: The serum ALT, HBV DNA levels, pathological and immunohistochemistry examination of liver tissue were performed in 81 patients with chronic HBV infection.

Results: The correlation of liver inflammation grades or fibrosis stages and the serum ALT levels were observed (the correlation coefficient were 0.