Data from bycaught, but otherwise presumed healthy individuals can contribute important biological data on species of cetaceans that are lacking. This study utilises collected systematic necropsies performed between October 1970 and May 2010 142 Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis), 607 bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus), 640 long-beaked common (Delphinus capensis) incidentally caught dr...

parasitic infection of pampus argenteus was examined from northwest of qeshm island. a total of 62 specimens were caught in summer 2008 and winter 2009 by bottom trawl and the specimens were selected randomly in different length classes and immediately deep frozen. all samples were transferred to laboratory, after measuring fish weight and length, parasitological survey implemented by stereo an...

introduction tongue is one of the most important organs in the oral cavity which has significant roles in different functions such as speaking, mastication, swallowing, breathing, etc. the tongue may be influenced by internal diseases sooner than other organs and also may be involved in some abnormalities that some are developmental and some of them are genetical and environmental. this study h...

This experiment was carried out to evaluate different levels of peppermint (Mentha piperita) plant powder usage on feed conversion ratio (FCR), body weight (BW), feed intake (FI), body temperature, carcass parts (breast and thigh) and internal organs (liver, heart, gizzard) weights in broiler chicken. A total of 192 broiler chicken were randomly divided into 4 experimental treatments with 4 rep...