Studies of low to moderate level lead exposures have reported mixed findings regarding the risk of spontaneous abortion, despite lead's abortifacient properties at very high doses. To evaluate the risk of spontaneous abortion from low or moderate lead exposures, a nested case-control study was conducted within a cohort of pregnant women in Mexico City, 1994-1996. During their first trimester, 6...

BACKGROUND:Abortion is one of the most important factorsreducing lambing rate and consequently profitability of sheepfarms. In addition to financial losses, it is also important from azoonotic point of view. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study wasto investigate bacterial abortifacient agents in an outbreak ofabortion occurring in Afshari sheep in the northwest of Zanjanprovince. METHODS:Vaginal s...

Peganum harmala L. is a plant, which grows in semi-arid rangeland. The plant is used traditionally as an emmenagogue and an abortifacient agent in the Middle East and North Africa. All parts of plant are thought to be toxic and sever intoxication occurs in domestic animals. Digestive and nervous syndromes have been observed in animals that consume sub-lethal amount of the plant. The toxicated a...

For health consumers and health care professionals of an orthodox Judeo-Christian or Islamic tradition, as well as those authentically concerned with the universal respect of unqualified human rights, the asserted capacity of the pill to act as an abortifacient, both in its once-a-day and 'morning-after' permutations, is one of significant moral weight. The research on 'break-through' ovulation...

Introduction: Khaya senegalensis is a plant with many medicinal uses and application which could serve as an available alternative source of medication. It has been used traditionally abortifacient agent following folkloric information handed down by word mouth. The aim this study to validate claim investigating the effect extract on endometrial vaginal epithelium. Methodology: Four groups albi...

Abstract Background Medicinal plants are potential source of natural products that play an important role in preventing different human diseases. P. harmala is used traditionally as emmenagogue and abortifacient agent the Middle East, North Africa West China. It belongs to family Zygophyllaceae it a wild growing flowering plant. Its seeds main medicinal part Methods The current searching was do...

Most bacterial diseases associated with sheep and goat abortion have some potential for zoonotic transmission. The main diseases of concern as identified by Edmondson et al (2012) are: Brucella melitensis, C, burnetii (Q fever), Chlamydophila abortus, Salmonella, Toxoplasma gondii and Campylobacter jejuni. Knowledge of abortifacient zoonotic pathogens, their clinical signs, gross lesions and th...