Cruelty to animals may be a particularly pernicious aspect of problematic child development. Progress in understanding the development of the problem is limited due to the complex nature of cruelty as a construct, and limitations with current assessment measures. The Children and Animals Inventory (CAI) was developed as a brief self- and parent-report measure of F. R. Ascione's (1993) 9 paramet...

While fasting has been practiced for centuries, its beneficial effects was unknown until recently. This review tries to analyze the current literature of how fasting and intermittent fasting (IF) could affect clinical pathological parameters, learning, mood and brain plasticity. The effects of different ways of fasting on metabolism and stress were also explored. Animal experiments have elucida...

fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis are endemic parasitic diseases in middle east especially iran, which making significant economic problems. this retrospective survey has been done to evaluate contamination rate of slaughtered animals with fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis at meisam abattoir, in tehran, iran. in this survey, prevalence rate of fasciolosis and dicrocoeliosis in slaughtered animals in ...

background: a precise understanding of the mechanism of human neointimal stenoses and atherosclerotic fibrous plaques , which give rise to thromboses in vital arteries, requires a suitable animal model that would mimic the same characteristics well. we developed a rabbit model of neointimal stenosis and fibrotic plaque rupture in the carotid artery to visualize the lesion progress and to charac...

The objective of this study was to evaluate body composition in small breeds of dogs as compared with larger breeds. Body composition by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) was performed in 34 adult small and toy breed dogs. Results were compared with data obtained from 41 Beagles and 6 Labrador retrievers. Body weight, bone density, total calcium, fat grams, lean grams and bone mineral con...