BACKGROUND The aim of the current study was to develop a marking technique as an internal marker to mark post blood meal mosquitoes by using stable phosphate isotope (32)P and determine the optimal concentration of it. METHODS An isotonic physiological saline solution, containing different concentration of radioactive isotope (32)P-labeled disodium phosphate (Na2H(32)PO4) was injected into ra...

esophagus having different tissues has a special role in the gastrointestinal tract. among different species, layers of the esophagus, have a substantial difference. also, diameter of esophagus varies in different parts of it.the information of histological structure of rabbit and guinea pig esophagus is still incomplete. therefore, the present study was conducted. therefore, for review and com...

Cutaneous lesions that develop in the rabbit following inoculation of tick homogenates infected with Lyme disease spirochetes closely mimic erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) in humans. Dr. Kornblatt was able to induce ECM-like lesions in rabbits at the site of inoculation within a short period of time, but Dr. Burgdorfer observed the development of skin lesions in remote sites up to 12 weeks aft...

Corneal endothelial dysfunction is a major cause of visual impairment, since these cells maintain corneal transparency. Although surgical techniques have been developed to replace abnormal corneal endothelium, these procedures are technically difficult and challenging due to a shortage of donor corneas. Regenerative medicine uses specially grown tissues to replace injured ones and has been succ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Surgical advancements rely heavily on validated animal models. The New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit is a widely used model for airway research, including regenerative medicine applications. Currently, the biomechanical properties of the normal rabbit trachea are not known. Our objective was to define these properties to assist in the standardization and understanding of futu...

1. The method of Kekwick & Mackay (1954) for the fractionation of human plasma protems was used successfully for the separation of the serum proteins ofguinea pig, rat, rabbit, cat, dog, monkey, ox, horse and sheep. 2. By variations in pH, ionic strength, temperature and solvent concentration, three fractions consisting essentially of a mixture of xand #globulins (G2); y-globulin (G 3) and albu...

The rabbit is the smallest and least expensive laboratory animal in which serial semen samples can be obtained for morphologic, biochemical, and fertility evaluation. The female rabbit has a predictable reproductive cycle and can be artificially inseminated with a known amount of sperm during fertility testing. These advantages make the rabbit an extremely valuable model for studying the effect...

conclusions the radiological findings of the present study showed that the use of a coral-dcfgp mixture led to superior bone defect healing and rapid graft incorporation when compared to the use of solely coral or dcfgp. background currently, coral is used as an osteoconductive material. demineralized calf fetal growth plate (dcfgp) has also been used as a source of osteoinduction. objectives t...

this prospective study aimed to compare the intraosseous (io) and intravenous (iv) effects of propofol on selected blood parameters and physiological variables during general anesthesia in rabbits. thirty new zealand white rabbits were studied. six rabbits received iv propofol (group 1) and another 6 rabbits, were injected propofol intraosseously (group 2) for 30 minutes (experimental groups). ...

results at the end of the study, four 4 cases in the nelatone group and 12 cases in the foley group presented with uti (p = 0.01). no positive urine cultures were found in the control group. conclusions the nelatone catheters, compared with the foley ones, had a lower risk of uti in the long term use. verifying this claim by further studies can have an important role in reducing utis in patient...