Aim: To determine seroprevalence and haematological parameters of some wild and semidomesticated birds naturally infected with avian pox virus (APV). Methods: A total of 160 birds belonging to 12 species were used for the study. Serum samples obtained from these birds were analyzed for antibodies to Avian Pox Virus (APV) using agar gel precipitation test. Natt-Herricks methods and thin blood sm...

This study examined the effects of extraction and further ultrafiltration on the carnosine content, antioxidant activity and total iron content of chicken muscle extracts. Fresh breast meat had 7-fold higher carnosine than fresh thigh meat (2900 versus 419μg/g meat, respectively). Carnosine extracts of breast and thigh were prepared by heating at 60, 80 and 100°C, and ultrafiltration (UF) using...

In order to examine the impact of pure and mixed planting on the production of grasses and also the biological control of weeds an experiment was conducted in the research farm of Alashtar city of Lorestan province between the years 1391 and 1392. This experiment within the design of complete random blocks (RCBD) with 6 protections which included 100:0 (rouph pea pure planting) 0:100 (pure plan...

the present research was conducted to study the effect of irrigation treatments on growth indices, yield, and water use efficiency of long green pepper (capsicum annuum l.) at the research greenhouse of shahrekord university. this experiment was done in a clay-loam soil using randomized design with four treatments i.e. 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100 percent of water requirement and three replications, ...

at the research farm of vali-e-asr university of rafsanjan in 2013. the experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications and four irrigation intervals. irrigation was done after 40 (control), 60, 80 and 100 mm evaporation from pan class a, from seedling establishment till physiological maturity. results showed that irrigation level did not significantly chang...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dextran-coated ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide ferumoxtran-10 (Combidex) is used in reticuloendothelial MR imaging. Our purpose was to determine the optimal dose and imaging time for lymph node evaluation. MATERIALS Twenty-four healthy volunteers underwent neck MR imaging before and 6, 12, 24, and 36 hours after receiving 1.1, 1.7, 2.6, or 3.4 mg Fe/kg ferumoxtr...

Cherries contain bioactive anthocyanins that are reported to possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic and antiobese properties. The present study revealed that red sweet cherries contained cyanidin-3-O-rutinoside as major anthocyanin (>95%). The sweet cherry cultivar "Kordia" (aka "Attika") showed the highest cyanidin-3-O-rutinoside content, 185 mg/100 g fresh weight. Th...

60 adult Rattus novergicus (both sexes) of mean body weight of 150.0±3.5g were distributed into six groups of ten rats per group (same sex). The groups A, B, C, D, E and F were exposed to adjusted dosages of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% of DDVP respectively by inhalation from day 1 to day 28. Biochemical analysis indicated that DDVP caused significant decrease (p<0.05) in GPT activity, WBC a...