this prospective longitudinal study deals with the associations between digital disorders and reproduction indices in dairy cattle on a farm in the vicinity of tehran. it was carried out on 225 postparturient holstein heifers. the evaluation of lameness due to digital disorders on postpartum period of heifers were done and after diagnosis of lameness (based on a 5 points lameness scoring system...

reproduction parameters for helicoverpa armigera (hübner) were determined and compared on 13 soybean varieties (dpx, l17, bp, clark, jk, 356, m4, m7, m9, gorgan3, sahar, zane and williams) at 25±1ºc, 65±5% rh over a photoperiod of 16:8 (l:d) hours. reproduction parameters were estimated for individual newly emerged moths, which had spent their immature stages on different soybean varieties. the...

abstract this study was performed to compare the efficiency of 6 microalgae namely dunaliella tertiolecta, tetraselmis suecica, chlorella sp., (green algae), nannochloropsis oculata, spirolina sp.(blue-green algae) cheatocerus sp. (diatoma),  and isochrices sp. (haptophytae) on the growth, survival and reproduction efficacy in artemia urmiana in laboratory conditions. artemia cysts were harvest...

child with Down's syndrome. The case allows the authors to raise many of the issues that are then explored in more detail in subsequent chapters. The conclusion picks up the story of the same family and reviews many of the complex issues raised in the book. Each chapter of the book explores an issue related to prenatal testing, beginning with the first chapter, which reviews basic genetics. The...

The World Health Organisation suggests that sexuality should be more fully recognised within healthcare, arguing that all individuals should be able to enjoy and control sexual and reproductive behaviour and be free from shame, fear, guilt and false beliefs (Mace et al. 1974). An holistic and client-centred approach to care recognises that individuals ‘are only given their full respect as peopl...