introduction lori sheep is one of the most important breeds in iran that is mostly bred in lorestan province, north-east of khuzestan and some areas of ilam provinces. the name of this breed is derived from lori tribe, which is one of the major nomadic groups of zagros mountain in western areas of iran. lori sheep is resistant to mountain conditions and hot and dry plains. this sheep breed has ...

This was designed to see the possible effects of olive oil on liver and body weight of albino rats. For this purpose, 50 albino rats of eight weeks age were selected and divided into five groups of ten animals each with equal number of males and females. Group I, normal control, was fed on synthetic diet, group II was on low olive oil diet only and group III was on low olive + hypercholesterole...

Mated Wistar rats, 25/group, were exposed to polymeric methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) aerosol of respirable size for 6 h/day, on gestational days (gd) 6 through 15, at 0, 1, 4, and 12 mg/m3. Maternal clinical signs, body weights, and feed and water consumption were measured throughout gestation. At scheduled sacrifice on gd 20, maternal body, gravid uterine, liver, and paired lung weights...