In this study, the aim was to determine the effect of 12 hours delay and time advancement of Bombyx mori larvae transfer to spinning frames on the economic traits of harvested cocoons. Our experience focused on the transfer of three lots of silkworm mature larvae to cocoon frames with 12 hours delay or advancement from usual spinning time. Commercial silkworm eggs were obtained and thr...

Background: Abdominal cocoon is a rare disease where small intestine is enclosed in a membrane and commonly presents with features of bowel obstruction. Case Reports: We present two cases: one 28 years old male presented with abdominal pain and was diagnosed as abdominal cocoon at laparotomy; and another 81 years old female, a case of sigmoid cancer, was diagnosed at laparotomy as abdominal coc...

Abstract Cardiac valve replacement is an effective method to treat valvular heart disease. Artificial valves used routinely in clinic still have defects. In our study, we explored a novel modify the performance of Decellularized Heart Valve (DHV) scaffold. The decellularized porcine aortic was prepared using sequential hydrophile and lipophile solubilization method. sericin extracted from silk ...

Five Iranian native silkworm groups: Baghdad, Khorasan Orange, Guilan Orange, Khorasan Pink, Khorasan Lemon, and 107 and 110 commercial lines (12 families from each breed) were randomly selected and reared during 2003-2005 (five generations in spring and autumn). In each family, 30 male and 30 female cocoons were individually recorded for weight, shell weight and shell ratio. From among the nat...

The study concerned about the growth rate of mulberry area, production and productivity cocoon raw silk five major traditional sates (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir Bengal) in India during 1980-81 to 2016-17. In Tamil Compared with all seven periods highest significant compound observed area was 17.50 per cent, 21.02 cent period IV (1998-99 2001-02) 2.63 since...