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Mast is an important food resource for wildlife in south Texas, particularly for the economically important white-tailed deer and wild turkey, but also for collared peccary, raccoon, and wood rat. Wild pigs also exist throughout south Texas, and utilize mast in their diet as wel…

A survey aimed at assessing the nutritional impact of resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was conducted in Northern Iraq between July and November 2000. The sample consisted of 301 households in the collective town of Dyana, representing the IDPs, and 282 househo…

A reduction in the availability of oxidizable metabolic fuels inhibits reproduction. When ovariectomized, steroid-primed hamsters are food deprived for 48 hours, estrous behavior is suppressed. However, the specific neuroendocrine alterations that mediate the suppression or rest…

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The introduction of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Saudi Arabia has given nurses

Lectins are known to bind to the intestinal brush border membrane and induce antinutritional effects such as disruption of the brush border membrane and reduced nutrient digestibility. Thus, three phases of experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of soybean lectin …