The rumen microbiota is an essential part of ruminants shaping their nutrition and health. Despite its importance, it is not fully understood how various groups of rumen microbes affect host-microbe relationships and functions. The aim of the study was to simultaneously explore the rumen microbiota and the metabolic phenotype of lambs for identifying host-microbe associations and potential biom...

Total numbers of protozoa can be significantly lower in rumen fluid than in whole rumen contents, depending on the time of sampling and the procedure used to separate the fluid and solid fractions. Moreover, generic distribution in rumen fluid was significantly affected in all cases tested. The percentage of Entodinium spp. increased, whereas percentages of Diplodinium spp. and Ophryoscolex spp...

Many pathogenic bacteria live in close association with protozoa. These unicellular eukaryotic microorganisms are ubiquitous in various environments. A number of protozoa such as amoebae and ciliates ingest pathogenic bacteria, package them usually in membrane structures, and then release them into the environment. Packaged bacteria are more resistant to various stresses and are more apt to sur...

BACKGROUND Enteric protozoa are associated with diarrhoeal illnesses in humans; however there are no recent studies on their epidemiology and geographical distribution in Australia. This study describes the epidemiology of enteric protozoa in the state of New South Wales and incorporates spatial analysis to describe their distribution. DESIGN AND METHODS Laboratory and clinical records from f...

Retinal detachment (RD), its rupture, concussion, hemorrhage require urgent ophthalmic surgical intervention without fail. Restoring the anatomical integrity of detached retina, speed intervention, choice access and method surgery, quality instrument are directly causally related to visual acuity, number severity postoperative complications. The best complex ophthalmosurgical solutions relieve ...

may give an indication of the wide appeal which this book should have. These headings are: Significance of Permeability Studies; Methods of Studying Membrane Permeability; Equilibrium Conditions of Cells; Some Equations used in Permeability Studies; The Nature of the Process of Diffusion; The Structure of the Plasma Membrane; The Interpretation of Permeability Measurements; Permeability to Non-...