scholarly journals Effect of the functional feed PristineGoldVet on clinical and biochemical blood parameters of sables

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Belyakova ◽  
B.V. Usha
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Parameters Optimization ◽  
Erythrocyte Sedimentation ◽  
Live Body Weight ◽  
Feed Value ◽  
G 12

Currently, against the background of a decrease in the quality of feed rations, the use of protein hydrolysates is a certain novelty in fur farming. PristineGoldVet functional food is a natural product obtained by vacuum lyophilization. With systematic use, it has a regulating effect on clinical blood parameters, optimization of homeostasis, biochemical reactions and physiological functions in the body of animals through the normalization of the microecological status. It contains (in 100 g): 19 amino acids: alanine – 5.16 g, asparagine – 6.75 g, arginine – 8.15 g, serine – 3.45 g, tyrosine – 2.27 g, proline – 1.17 g, cysteine – 1.06 g, ornithine – 0.07 g, glycine – 3.53 g, glutamine – 11.74 g, valine – 2.59 g, threonine – 4.32 g, isoleucine – 4 , 17 g, leucine – 7.12 g, methionine – 2.97 g, lysine – 8.76 g, phenylalanine – 3.69 g, tryptophan – 1.09 g, histidine – 1.71 g; 12 vitamins: B1 – 32 mg, B2 – 1100 mg, B3 – 1652 mg, B5 – 5200 mg, B6 – 38 mg, B9 – 84 mg, B12 – 1.6 mg, C – 2400 mg, D3 – 4 mg, E – 1100 mg, K – 150 mg, H – 4 mg; 10 microelements: potassium – 261 mg, calcium – 41.5 mg, phosphorus – 280 mg, magnesium – 15.8 mg, sodium – 20.3 mg, manganese – 3.5 mg, zinc – 1.9 mg, iron – 13.6 mg, nickel 0.1 mg, copper 0.1 mg. The article presents the results of studies of the dynamics of changes in hematological and biochemical blood parameters in clinically healthy sables when using the functional food "PristineGoldVet" aimed at maintaining the functions of the digestive and endocrine systems, improving the quality of fur and increasing the gain in live weight of young animals. When using a protein hydrolyzate, it was established: an increase in the content of erythrocytes, hematocrit, hemoglobin and albumin fraction and a decrease in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). In addition, an increase in live body weight was observed in animals. It has been proven that the use of PristineGoldVet functional food in the diets of sables can increase their feed value, which has a beneficial effect on digestion indices.

scholarly journals Artificial Rice As an Alternative Functional Food to Support Food Diversification Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Valencia ◽  
Maria Goretti Marianti Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Functional Food ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Sensory Quality ◽  
Rice Flour ◽  
Paddy Rice ◽  
The Body ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
Nutritional Effects

Functional food is a food that has a beneficial effect to the body beyond its adequate nutritional effects. It can help improve someone’s health and/or decrease the risk of disease. The awareness in the community of the importance of health encourages the development of functional food. One of the functional food that has been developed in Indonesia is the artificial rice. Artificial rice, an alternative paddy rice substitute, has a minimally equal value to paddy rice. Artificial rice is made to reduce people’s dependence on paddy rice and to support food diversification program to achieve food security in Indonesia. Artificial rice is made from a non-paddy rice flour with a certain compositions, so that it can be used as a vehichle to make a functional food and can be fortified with ingredients that contain functional active compounds. Indonesian researchers have developed artificial rice products by utilizing local resources, such as corn, sorghum, spices, tubers, and others, to obtain an artificial rice with improved nutritional and functional characters that have some health benefits such as antidiabetic, antioxidant, antihypertensive, and anticancer. Such development has resulted in the observation that artificial rice can be used as a functional food for rice substitute with an equal or better nutritional value than paddy rice. However, further research is still needed to improve the sensory quality of artificial rice so that it can be accepted easily by the community. Keywords: Artificial rice, food diversification, functional food, rice analogue

scholarly journals ФІЗІОЛОГІЧНІ ПОКАЗНИКИ КУРЧАТ-БРОЙЛЕРІВ ПІСЛЯ ВНУТРІШНЬОГО ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ МІНЕРАЛЬНОГО КОМПЛЕКСУ MG++ В УМОВАХ ГОСПОДАРСТВА

2017 ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
В. П. Бердник ◽  
О. О. Бублик ◽  
Т. М. Марченко ◽  
В. І. Щербак ◽  
О. Г. Трирог
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The Body ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Live Body Weight ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

Наведені результати випробування на 537 курчатах-бройлерах (635 контрольних) в умовах господарства препарату, виготовленого на основі розчину  полтавського бішофіту. У  курчат, яким давали препарат внутрішньо з водою,  порівняно з контролем, була більшою середня жива масса тіла у  43-добовому віці на 50 г, 73-добовому  – на 128 г і 111-добовому – на  103 г. До 43-добового віку загинуло із розрахунку від  початкової загальної кількості 16 (2,9 %) курчат-бройлерів  у дослідній групі і 30 (4,72 %) у контрольній. На контрольних  курчатах-бройлерах, порівняно із дослідними, мали економію на препараті, який не застосовували, і меншій кількості  використаних  кормів, але одержано значно більше збитків   через нижчі прирости живої маси тіла та більшу кількість загиблих. Економічна  вигода  від застосування препарату лише  до 43-добового віку курчат становить 5,8 гривень на  вкладену 1 гривню. Given results of test on 537 chickens-broilers (635 of control) in terms of economy drug produced on the basis of the solution of Poltava bishofit (SPB). Drug was given chickens-broilers of 5-day age group method internally with water in 3 cycles of 24-hour intervals over 7 times in each cycle and 7-day interval between cycles. The chicks, which were given the drug, compared with the control, had a greater average live weight of the body in 43-day age of 50 g, 73-day – 128 g and 111-day – 103 g it shows its positive effect on organisms of chicks up to 2,5 months (time of observations) after the last application in 38-th days of their lives. The drugs based on the SPB will have greater efficiency in the application of the repair chicks and adult hens, i.e. those who live more than 2,5 months. The 43-day age 16 broiler died of the calculation of the initial total number (2,9 %) in experimental group and 30 (4,72 %) in the control. On control broilers, compared with research, savings on the drug, which is not used, and smaller amounts of used feed, but we received much more losses due to lower increases in live body weight and more fatalities. The total value of the economic benefits of the drug only to 43-day age of chicks is 5,8 UAH on each invested 1 UAH.

scholarly journals Effect of adsorbent and phospholipide on meat production and nutritional value of fattened calf bull meat

2021 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
pp. 02022
Author(s):  
Maksim Shabanov ◽  
Victor Temiraev ◽  
Taladin Kokov ◽  
Beslan Efendiev ◽  
Shamurat Herremov
Keyword(s):  
Meat Products ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Heavy Metal Salts ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Young Cattle ◽  
Meat Productivity

One of the most effective ways of removing HM salts that have entered the digestive tract of fattened animals is the technological method of including adsorbent preparations in their diets, which, binding various toxins, excrete them from the body. The study purpose is to develop a method to increase the meat productivity and quality of meat of young cattle for fattening in a technogenic zone by inclusion of ToxySorb adsorbent in their diets with a high content of heavy metal salts in the amount of 1.25 kg/t of compound feed and lecithin in the amount of 10 g/100 kg of live weight. According to study results, it was shown that when these drugs were fed together in the indicated quantities, it contributed to better detoxification of xenobiotics. The calf bulls of experimental group 3 had the best slaughter indicators, as well as the best consumer, sanitary and hygienic properties of meat products.

scholarly journals Reproductive qualities, exterior features and the quality of the pery of obroshinsky gray geese at their dissolution «inside»

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (84) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Sloboda ◽  
O. Sloboda
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Total Protein ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Group I

It was found that the average live weight of geese at the beginning of the oviposition was (OS – 3% X OS – 3%): goose – 6.10 kg, goose – 7.30 kg, and (OS – 5% X OS – 5♂): goose – 6,30 kg, goose – 7,37 kg. The average weight of OS–3 goose was 39.5 eggs per head, and OS–5 – 41.4 eggs. At the same time, the average weight of eggs in the 1st group was 154.3 g, and in II – 158.5 g. The indexes of the forms in the I group consisted of: the length of the egg – 84.4 mm, the width – 55.4 mm, the index of form 65.6 in the second group respectively – 84.3 mm; 56.3 mm; 66.7 mm. The study of the incubation qualities of eggs indicates that the higher fertility was in the goose of the second group and amounted to 85.3%, which is 0.9% more compared with the I group. It is known that the yield of caterpillars is dependent on fertility and in the 1st group this indicator was 71.8%, which is 4.3% less than in the second group (76.1%). At 9 weeks of age, males of the II group surpassed their peers from the 1st group by chest covering 1.79%., With a body length of 2.08%, and a kilo length of 7.14%. The same tendency was observed in the shoots of the shin and plyusny, so the males of group ІІ in the first indicator dominated the male and group I by 8,19%; in the second indicator males of the II group dominated the males of the I group by 6.68%. At 9 weeks of age, females of group ІІ grouped over their breasts over their peers from the 1st group by 2.40%, with the body length by 3.21%., With the length of the keel – by 2.34%. Length of the leg and shoulders in the females of the 2nd group were the largest and dominated by females and groups I by the first indicator at 5.26%; in the second indicator, females of the second group dominated the females of the I group by 1.08%. Males at all investigated periods had higher levels of total protein in serum than females. It was found that males at all investigated periods had higher levels of total protein in serum than females. Performance indicators of Ohorin gray geese (Group I) consisted of: carcass weight – 39.5 pc. on the head; the weight of eggs – 154.3 g; fertility – 84.4%; deductibility – 71.8%; the live weight of geese in the 9-week-old age is 4.52 kg males and 3.84 kg females; preservation – 90.7%. Obroshinsky gray goose (group II) are characterized by the highest indexes in relation to the first group: for fertility by 4.8%, fertility by 0.9%, output by 4.9%, live weight of geese at 9 weeks of age (males) – 1.99%, (females) by 0.52%, preservation – 2.90%, egg mass – 2.64%. The highest feather-down raw material was obtained at the age of 18 in geese I group. The basic indices of blood of the examined geese were within the acceptable limits of the norm.

scholarly journals Influence of stocking density on body conformation in broilers

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 313-323
Author(s):  
Almira Softic ◽  
Abdulah Gagic ◽  
Aida Kavazovic ◽  
Cazim Crnkic ◽  
Velija Katica ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Stocking Density ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Body Conformation ◽  
Live Body Weight ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The One

In this experiment the influence of stocking density on the body conformation of broiler carcasses was investigated. One hundred and twenty broiler chickens were divided into three groups; each group comprised 40 chickens. At the end of the first week of the fattening period 20 chickens in each group were marked by random sampling. The first testing group (P1) represented the one with a lower stocking density (12 chickens per square meter); the second one (P2) with a higher stocking density (18 chickens per square meter), while the control group (K) was set in accordance with the technological recommendations (15 chickens per square meter). Breast circumference, drumstick circumference, keel length (crista sterni), breast depth and breast angle were monitored and measured on a weekly basis. Body conformation measures were determined on the carcasses in a horizontal position with their backs placed on the table. The appropriate instruments such as millimetre tape, caliper and ZP-3 protractor were used. In addition, a weekly live weight and feed consumption were measured. Production results (live weight, gain, feed-to-gain ratio and European Production Index (EPI) were calculated. Carcass grades were calculated based on the mass ratio of the cooled carcass and the live body weight before slaughtering. The research findings have confirmed that overcrowding in production facilities is always risky in regard to the expected production results. In contrast, by fully conforming to the production technology requirements, it is possible to achieve better production results.

scholarly journals Complex therapy against toxascariosis of caged silver foxes

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
A. P. Konovalov ◽  
I. I. Tsepilova ◽  
F. I. Vasilevich
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
Food Supplement ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Fox ◽  
Silver Fox ◽  
Complex Therapy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Control

The purpose of the research is evaluating the efficacy of complex therapy using dironet, lactobifadol and keratin food supplement (DLK) against toxascariosis of the arctic fox.Materials and methods. To determine the helminth fauna in the conditions of Vyatka Fur Breeding Farm, 61 females silver fox and 55 females voilevoy arctic fox were used as study objects. To conduct complex therapy against toxascariosis, the study object was 24 females culled from the breeding herd, spontaneously infected with toxascariosis and being clinically healthy. The morphological and biochemical blood parameters in female foxes were determined before and after dehelminthization, and control weighing of animals from experimental groups was carried out before and after the experiment.Results and discussion. Of the studied 116 fur-bearing animals, 26 (22.4%) were infected with Toxascaris leonina. Infection rate of Toxascaris sp. in silver fox females aged 5–7 years was 42.6% when 7-9 eggs were found in one microscope field (magnification 7 × 9). Infection with Toxascaris sp. affects on the body weight of infected animals. The females silver fox from the second experimental group infected with Toxascaris sp., which were not treated, had an average live weight of 1.3 kg less (16.6%) as compared to the control. The complex therapy with the DLK treatment-and-prophylactic complex contributed to the improved metabolic processes and digestion. The applicability of the DLK treatment-and-prophylactic complex for therapy against toxascariosis was proved.

Influence of feed additives on the hematological and biochemical parameters of the blood of lactating cows

2022 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
R. A. Maksimova ◽  
◽  
E. M. Ermolova ◽  
V. I. Kosilov ◽  
Yu. A. Karmatskikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
The Body ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Lactating Cows ◽  
Hematological And Biochemical Parameters

Increasing the milk productivity of cows is the main task facing the livestock industry of our country. The study of some hematological and biochemical blood parameters in dairy cows when different feed additives are included in their rations is an urgent research task. The purpose of the investigations was to study the hematological and biochemical parameters of the blood of lactating cows when using different feed additives in the ration. During the investigations, the influence of feed additives such as Zaslon 2+ (at a dose of 20 g/head/day to the main ration), Diatomite (100 g/head/day to the main ration) and Monosporin (70 g/head/day to the main ration) on the hematological and biochemical blood parameters of lactating cows has been observed. The studied feed additives are used for the adsorption of mycotoxins in feed, normalization of digestive processes, and improvement of the livability and productivity of farm animals. In order to study the influence of the tested feed additives on the hematological parameters of the blood of lactating cows under the conditions of the Troitsky area in the Chelyabinsk region, on four groups of cows selected according to the principle of analogues (age, live weight, productivity, breed, physiological condition) the scientific and economic experiment has been carried out. As the result of the investigations, data have been obtained indicating that the feed additive Zaslon 2+ at the dose of 20 g/head/day has the greatest effect on the metabolism in the body of lactating cows.

СРАВНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА МЯСНОЙ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТИ БЫЧКОВ РАЗНЫХ ПОРОД

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.F. GORLOV ◽  
A.V. RANDELIN ◽  
M.I. SLOSHENKINA ◽  
A.A. MOSOLOV ◽  
D.A. RANDELIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Pulp Yield ◽  
Young Stock ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Meat Productivity

Приведены результаты изучения роста, мясной продуктивности и качества говядины, полученной от молодняка русской комолой (I группа), казахской белоголовой (II группа) и калмыцкой (III группа) пород. Установлено, что при постановке на опытв 8-месячном возрасте животные II подопытной группы превосходили по живой массе сверстников I и III групп, соответственно, на 4,1 кг и 23,9 кг, в 17 мес — на 16,2 кг и 49,8 кг.Бычки I группы превосходили по живой массе сверстников III группы в возрасте 8 мес на 19,8 кг, в 17 мес— на 33,6 кг. По результатам контрольного убоя бычки казахской белоголовой породы превосходили сверстников I и III групп по массе туш на 6,88 кг, или 2,7% (Р<0,05) и 35,81 кг, или 14,0% (Р<0,001). Убойный выход был более высоким у животных русской комолой породы (I группа). Их превосходство по этому показателю над сверстниками II и III групп составило1,07 и 2,29%. На основании результатов обвалки установлено, что выход мякоти в тушах бычков I группы был выше, чем у сверстников II и III групп — на 0,77 и 2,00%. Индекс мясности у бычков I группы в сравнении со сверстниками был выше на 0,24 и 0,70. Выход мякоти в тушах на 100 кг живой массы у бычков I группы был также превышал данный показатель у сверстников на 1,09 кг, или 2,44% и на 2,52 кг, или 5,83%. Наиболее ценных отрубов было получено больше от бычков I группы (русская комолая) по сравнению со сверстниками II и III групп. Установлена положительная корреляционная связь между живой массой бычков в начале и конце откорма с общим белком в сыворотке крови — в I группе 0,54—0,64, во II — 0,50—0,67, в III группе — 0,67—0,69; убойной массой и общим белком в сыворотке крови — в I группе она составила 0,47—0,50, во II — 0,49—0,51, в III группе — 0,51—0,53.The results of the study of growth, meat productivity and quality of beef obtained from young stock by Russian comola (I group), Kazakh white-headed (II group) and Kalmyk (III group) breeds are presented. It was established that when setting up the experiment at 8 months of age animals II experimental groups surpassed live weight of their peers I and III groups, respectively, by 4.1 kg and 23.9 kg, at 17 months - by 16.2 kg and 49.8 kg. Gobies of group I exceeded in live weight of their peers of group III at the age of 8 months by 19.8 kg, at 17 months - by 33.6 kg. According to the results of the control slaughter, Kazakh white-headed breed bullies exceeded their peers of groups I and III by carcass weight by 6.88 kg, or 2.7% (P <0.05) and 35.81 kg, or 14.0% (P <0.001). Slaughter yield was higher in animals of the Russian comola breed (I group). Their superiority over this indicator over their peers of groups II and III was 1.07 and 2.29%. Based on the results of deboning, it was found that the pulp yield in bull carcasses of group I was higher than that of peers of groups II and III — by 0.77 and 2.00%. The index of meatiness in bulls of group I in comparison with peers was higher by 0.24 and 0.70. The yield of pulp in carcasses per 100 kg of live weight in the first group of bulls I was also higher than that of their peers by 1.09 kg, or 2.44% and 2.52 kg, or 5.83%. The yield of the most valuable cuts was higher in bulls of Group I (Russian comola) compared with peers of Groups II and III. In the process of research, a positive correlation was established between the body weight of animals at the beginning and end of fattening with the total protein in the blood serum in group I; it was 0.54—0.64; in II — 0.50—0.67; in group III — 0.67—0.69, between the slaughter mass with total serum protein in group I it was 0.47—0.50; in II — 0.49—0.51; in group III — 0.51—0.53.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENT "KOSTOPRAV" ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS OF YOUNG PIGS

2021 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-276
Author(s):  
G.R. Tsapalova ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mineral Supplement ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Young Pigs ◽  
Chest Girth ◽  
Weaning Pigs ◽  
Experimental Group

The effect of the vitamin and mineral supplement "Kostoprav" on the level of erythrocytes and biochemical parameters of blood, as well as on indicators of live weight, absolute and relative growth and exterior indicators was studied. As a result of the research, it was established that the piglets of the experimental groups, which were fed the supplement "Kostoprav" at a dose of 20 g / kg against the background of the main diet, for 21 days. feed and 30 g/1 kg feed contributed to an increase in the live weight of weaned pigs by 15.6 and 18.4 % than in the control. The blood parameters of the weaning pigs were within the physiological norm and in the third experimental group were accompanied by an increase in the level of erythrocytes by 17.6 %, calcium by 18.7 %, phosphorus by 16.7 %, sugar by 13.2 %, compared with the control. group. This indicates an improvement in the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract and an increase in metabolic processes in the body. The use of the vitamin and mineral supplement "Kostoprav" contributed to an increase in the measurements of the body length in the 3rd experimental group by 2.3 %, chest girth by 3.3 %, height at the withers by 0.9 % than in the control group.

P1109HDX: IS IT A BETTER WAY TO DIALYSE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nageen Anwar ◽  
Noshaba Naz ◽  
Anna Reynolds ◽  
Ruby Chumber
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Red Blood Cell ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Red Blood Cell Transfusion ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Middle Molecules

Abstract Background and Aims Inadequate dialysis has been linked to reduced quality of life, increased symptom burden and increased risk of cardiovascular illness in patients with chronic kidney disease. This is especially significant in long-term haemodialysis patients who have little to no residual urine output and are thus almost entirely dependent on good quality dialysis to remove toxins and fluid. In most conventional haemodialysis modes middle molecule clearance is inadequate. This in turn plays an important part in causing multiple complications. HDx is a new type of haemodialysis being introduced using Theranova® dialyzer. This claims to have medium cut-off membranes, functioning similar to a kidney, hence providing better clearance of middle molecules, whilst selectively preventing loss of proteins from the body. In order to test the safety and efficacy of HDx using Theranova® we tried it in a cohort of our patients in the form of an audit. Our primary objective was to find out the effect of HDx on quality of life. Secondary objective was to determine whether HDx improves blood biochemistry, with a reduction in medication & transfusion needs. Method Thirty seven Haemodialysis patients were switched from hemodiafiltration to HDx, out of these 3 patients were transplanted, 2 patients died, 1 patient switched back and 7 patients were transferred to satellite units. Audit was continued with the remaining 24 patients. All patients completed an Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Score (IPOS) prior to commencing on HDx and then at six months. Blood parameters including phosphorous, calcium, haemoglobin, Ferritin and CRP were measured monthly and mean values of 6 months before and after HDx initiation were compared. Comparison of erythropoietin, intravenous iron and packed red blood cell transfusion requirements pre and post HDx commencement were also undertaken. Results No obvious adverse effects were noted with use of HDx dialysis. All patients had an improvement in overall IPOS scores after being on HDx for 6 months. Shorter post dialysis symptom recovery times were also noted. 13 patients had a decrease in their erythropoietin requirements, in 2 patients requirement remained the same, 9 patients had increase in their requirement however 3 of these patients had been requiring packed red blood cell transfusion prior to HDx commencement, no longer required transfusion. We found an overall improvement in patients iron infusion need. 11 patients had a dose reduction, with 4 of these patients no longer requiring iron. 9 patients continued to have the same requirements. 4 patients had an increase in iron dose, but 3 of these patients previously being transfusion dependant no longer required regular transfusions. We also noted that with use of HDx clotting risk was reduced and patients who were switched from Evodial (heparin coated dialyzer membranes) to HDx did not have increased circuit clotting. With regards to inflammation we noted no significant changes in CRP, ferritin levels and other blood parameters. Conclusion Looking at our cohort of patients we concluded that HDx is safe to use with no obvious adverse effects. It seems that use of HDx is particularly helpful in improving quality of life in dialysis patients as indicated by improvement in IPOS scores. IPOS is a validated questionnaire to measure symptoms and concerns in patients with advanced illnesses. As life quality is a major concern in dialysis patients, this outcome is of particular significance. HDx was also helpful in reducing the overall burden of transfusions, iron and erythropoietin requirements. This is beneficial in overall patient health and cost burden. Based on the above we found out that HDX was safe and effective in our patient cohort, however large-scale studies will be required for more conclusive evidence.

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