Peptide Microarray Immunoassay (PMI for brevity) is a novel technology that enables researchers to map a large number of proteomic measurements at a peptide level, providing information regarding the relationship between antibody response and clinical sensitivity. PMI studies aim at recognizing antigen-specific antibodies from serum samples and at detecting epitope regions of the protein antige...

Abstract Background & Aims: Toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans syndrome is a disease that appears by attack of extra intestinal animal nematode larvae of Toxocara canis to the human tissues. The present study was performed to evaluate the frequency of Toxocara eggs in public parks of Shiraz /Iran. Methods: A total of 20 parks from different regions of shiraz city were selected, and from dif...

The Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) is an economically important species. Sturgeon stockassessment during fingerling production is considered to be one of the most difficult phases ofhatchery rearing. The present study investigated the expression of growth hormone (GH)mRNA in unfertilized eggs, fertilized eggs, eyed eggs (2 day before hatching), non-viable eggsand newly-hatched Siberian st...

food choice in omnivorous animals is influenced by the balance of nutritional needs, food availability, and quality of a particular food items. here, we study whether omnivorous onion thrips, thrips tabaci lindeman, feed on the eggs of its competitor tetranychus urticae koch (acari: tetranychidae) when an alternative supplemental source is, or is not, available. thrips were either fed a cucumbe...

Background: The presence of antibacterial drug residues in food caused many concerns for consumers. This study was designed to determine of antibacterial drug residues in commercial eggs distributed in Urmia, Iran.  Methods: Disc diffusion microbial inhibition test was performed using three media seeded with Bacillus subtilis at different pH values (6, 7.2 or 8) and a fourth medium seed...

monetary compensation for human eggs used in research is a controversial issue and raises major concerns about women’s health and rights, including the potential of exploitation and undue inducement. human eggs are needed for various types of studies and without payment, it would be impossible to procure sufficient eggs for vital research. therefore, a solution seems necessary to prevent exploi...

  Background: Eggs are of the few naturally occurring foods that meet the needs of human body in a balanced manner. The present study was conducted to determine the rate of egg per capita consumption in Tehran city in 2018. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 4.213 heads of families living in 22 regions of Tehran. Selected randomly using multistage cluster sampling meth...

the subgroup j of alv (alv-j) has emerged as an important pathogen of meat-type chickens since1989. this virus is responsible for economic losses due to both mortality and depressed performance inchickens. so, the objective of this study is the detection of alv-j in the albumen of commercial and nativefowl eggs using rt-pcr. three hundred and seventy egg albumens were randomly selected from dif...