very irritable, and he is able to take very little nourishment. The abscess was tapped to-day, and about 4 ounces of thick pus drawn off by the aspirator: a slight return of fever in the evening. April 2nd?Again a small collection of pus was drawn off by the aspirator and weak carbolic lotion injected. 3rd.?As it was evident the abscess was not properly emptied by the tapping and aspiration, al...

the study was carried out for a period of 150 days on 120 holstein friesian crossbred dairy cows between mid to late lactation to quantify the influence of body condition score (bcs) on yield and composition of milk. total 12 dairy farms having same housing systems and holding at least 20 crossbred dairy cows per farm between mid to late lactation were selected for this study purposes. bcs of i...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of replacing progesterone injections by progesterone vaginal inserts on productive and reproductive parameters of lactating cows with reproductive problems after prolonged periods of heat stress. fifteen holstein cows were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: 1) treated with two progesterone vaginal inserts (p4-ins); 2) treated with prog...

milk is often described as a complete food because it contains protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, and minerals. this study was performed to investigate risk factors affecting chemical and bacteriological quality of bulk tank milk. according to the following conducted experiments, the milk was divided into two standard and non-standard groups. then, effect of risk factors on making the samples non-s...

FOREWORD A laboratory study was conducted to examine the duration of the restart period for commercial motor vehicle drivers that would be needed to recycle to the work force with optimal performance. This report presents the design, methods, research findings, and conclusions of the study. This report may be of interest to anyone interested in fatigue and its management in commercial motor veh...

BACKGROUND The present study examined income-related household food purchases among a sample of 90 households from the community. METHODS Annotated food purchase receipts were collected for a four-week period by the primary household shopper. Receipt food source and foods items were classified into specific categories, and food quantities in ounces were recorded by research staff. For home so...

BACKGROUND Fish consumption is common among the cultures of Hawaii, and given public health attention to mercury exposure in pregnancy, it is important to better understand patterns of fish consumption and mercury in pregnancy. This study examined the influence of maternal fish consumption during pregnancy on umbilical cord mercury (Hg) concentrations in a multiethnic cohort of women in Hawaii....

Tomato product consumption and estimated lycopene intake are hypothesised to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. To define the impact of typical servings of commercially available tomato products on resultant plasma and prostate lycopene concentrations, men scheduled to undergo prostatectomy (n 33) were randomised either to a lycopene-restricted control group ( < 5 mg lycopene/d) or to a tomato...

most of the poor people in developing countries live in rural areas. experience shows that in manycountries animal husbandry development and increasing investment specially is a way to challengethe poverty in rural areas. this is obvious that, small producers have key role in dairy markets anddairy development but they have no power to bargain and negotiate for higher prices, access to themarke...