Experimental trials of acclimatization of juvenile Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus to different salinites of 0,5,10, 15ppt were studied. The juvenile Persian sturgeons in three weight classes (1.5, 3, 5g) have been  transfered from freshwater to different concentrations of saline water.  Na+, k+, Cl- concentrations of blood serum and the changes in the number and size o...

The present study was conducted to investigate the expression level of cytochrome P450 enzyme in detoxification of water soluble fractions (WSFs) of crude oil in Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus. Fish were exposed to WSFs at concentrations of 0 (control), 10, 20, and 50% of the LC50 for 14 days, and then, the expression level of P450 gene was assayed in gill and liver samples. According to ...

We report the presence and diversity of Bartonella spp. in bats of 13 insectivorous and frugivorous species collected from various locations across Kenya. Bartonella isolates were obtained from 23 Eidolon helvum, 22 Rousettus aegyptiacus, 4 Coleura afra, 7 Triaenops persicus, 1 Hipposideros commersoni, and 49 Miniopterus spp. bats. Sequence analysis of the citrate synthase gene from the obtaine...

Evaluation of the effect hot smoke with vacuum packaging on sensory, microbial, chemical, and shelf-life characteristics farmed A. persicus during storage

administering growth hormone increases growth rate of cultured fish. the aim of this study was isolation and synthesize of persian sturgeon gh cdna. the total rna was extracted from pituitary gland of persian sturgeon and cdna was synthesized. the full-length cdna sequence of persian sturgeon contains a 645 nucleotide open reading frame, which encoding a 214 amino acid residues. the position of...

the aim of this study was to investigate on obtained caviar quantity status of sturgeon at fishing grounds of the southwestern caspian sea. data of catches by means of fixed gill nets in sturgeon fish fishing grounds and beach seine were used during 5 years survey (2005-2009). a total of 1361 female sturgeon was caught including: 788 acipenser persicus, 410 a. stellatus, 60 a. guldenstaedti, 70...

OBJECTIVES Astrodaucus persicus, Apiaceae, is used as vegetable or food additive in some parts of Iran. The essential oils of different parts of Astrodaucus persicus from Kordestan province were analyzed for the first time and compared with other regions. In this study, antioxidant activities and total phenols determination of aerial parts essential oils and root fractions of A. persicus were i...