Results Obtained in Breeding of Bitter Cherry Assortment at Fruit Growing Research Station Iaşi - Romania

The Origins of Fruits, Fruit Growing, and Fruit Breeding

Reproductive Performance of Friesian-Holstein Cows at Sebele Research Station in South Eastern Botswana

Retrospective data from Sebele Dairy Farm were analysed for reproductive performance of Friesian/Holstein cows. Three hundred records from 1989 to 1995 were used. The herd was zero grazed and the data was analysed for age at first calving (AFC), calf birth weights (BW), calving interval (CI), days open (DO), calving rate (CR), reproductive wastage (RW) and calving difficulty (CD); dystocia, aft...

Fruit Growing in Romania and Its Role for Rural Communities’ Development

The importance of fruit trees and bushes growing for Romania is due the concordance that exists between the different ecological conditions in natural basins, and the requirements of different species and varieties. There are, in Romania, natural areas dedicated to the main trees species: plum, apple, pear, cherry, sour cherry, finding optimal conditions for harnessing the potential of fruitful...

Molecular Typing of MRSA and of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Iaşi, Romania

Romania is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the world. To obtain data on affiliation of MRSA to strains and clonal complexes and on the population of methicillin susceptible S. aureus (MSSA), clinical isolates from bloodstream infections, skin and soft tissue infections as well as from screening swabs were collected at hos...

Naïve HIV late presenters – a study for 35 months in the Infectious Diseases Hospital Iaşi, Romania

The HIV/AIDS Regional Center in Iaşi follows approximately 1460 HIV-positive persons from 6 counties in the Moldova region of Romania. Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the number of late presenters in January 2011-November 2013. We evaluated patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Iaşi, for a period of 35 months, from a virological and immunological point of view. We cons...