The age wise status of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) infection of broiler breeding stock (MG nonvaccinated) in and around Lahore district was determined during the period of December, 2006 to November 2007. In this study, a total of 2777 serum samples were referred from different areas surrounding Lahore. History revealed that all the samples were from MG non vaccinated flocks and subjected to ...

The present study aimed to assess the target and present reading comprehension needs and abilities of Iranian medical students with different levels of English language proficiency. A total of 283 medical students and 23 ESP instructors were chosen through cluster sampling. The data collection instruments included the Persian version of Atai and Nazari’s (2011) needs analysis questionnaire and ...

The present study investigated the effect of updated localized material s on the English language achievement of undergraduate students of Political Science in their English for sp ecific purposes (ESP) courses in Iran. Sixty - five male and female undergraduate students (19 - 26 years old) from two universities in Iran participate d in this study. They were divided into two intact classes cons...

Disclosed herein are genetic markers for pig leanness, methods for identifying such markers, and methods of screening pigs to determine those more or less likely to be obese and more or less likely to produce litters with leans or obese offspring and preferably selecting those pigs for future breeding purposes. The markers are based upon the presence or absence of certain polymorphisms in the p...

Gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves were determined in twenty sexually matured domesticated African greater cane rats. Mean (+/-SD) sperm numbers in testes and epididymides were 150.40+/-12.93x10(9) and 259.33+/-13.68x10(9), respectively. The mean epididymal distribution of spermatozoa was found as follows: 67.53+/-12.43x10(9) in caput, 89.10+/-13.20x10(9) in corpus, and 102.70 +/-13.71x10(...

The study of factors affecting the humidity and contamination outer inner zones staple, which further affects yield pure wool its technological properties, is one current problems fine-fleeced sheep breeding. Purpose – evaluate protective properties fleece depending on rank breeding differentiation sheep. determination ranks based regularities normal distribution animals in population herd repr...

background evaluation of the accuracy and performance of sonography units needs tissue-mimicking phantoms. these phantoms play an important role by simulating soft tissues, obviating the need to experiment on humans or animals. objectives to present a simple sonographic phantom for quality control and training purposes. materials and methods the presented phantom consists of a two-part plexigla...

background: oxytocin (ot) is a paracrine hormone with various biological activities and many sex organs in both sexes, as well as many tumor cells have shown to have related receptors. in this study the development of a receptor imaging tracer for possible tumor imaging has been described. materials and methods: ot was successively labeled with [67ga]-gallium chloride after conjugation with fre...

In Germany the estimation of breeding values of young boars and sows is based on their own data for daily gain and backfat as well as fulland/or half-sib information on carcase traits. In breeding companies young boars are often tested under test station conditions using individual pens to get information on feed conversion while gilts are raised in groups and tested at 90 kg of weight for life...