leishmaniasis is an important and common zoonotic disease with a great impact on public health. in the present study, a total of 195 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection against leishmania infantum by immunochromatography assay. the cats were selected from those referring to veterinary hospital of ahvaz university, south west of iran from may 2009 to march...

b ackground : tuberculosis is a crucial health problem. establishing a rapid, reliable and still inexpensive diagnostic method for tuberculosis seems to be substantial in developing countries where tb has very high incidence rate . methods:   an indirect  enzyme-linked  immunosorbent  assay (elisa )   was established to detect serum antibodies against mycobacterium  tuberculosis. three kinds of...

background apoptosis or programmed cell death is an essential process for elimination of damaged cells. also, induction of apoptosis is fundamental for treating cancer. screening for agents that induce apoptosis in tumor cells help in the development of novel agents for cancer treatment. numerous studies suggest that the exposure of tumor cells to statins can lead to cell death via two separate...

conclusions afm1 contamination of milk is not a concern in this city. however, dairy cattle feed samples of various livestocks must be regularly checked for aflatoxin and the storage conditions of feeds should be strictly controlled. results afm1 was detected in all milk samples. the mean concentration of afm1 was 11.61 ± 0.72 ng/l with a range of 6.3-23.3 ng/l. none of the samples had levels e...

Abstract Nowadays renewable energy with low prices is a global target that has taken the attention to compare alternatives sources fossil fuels. Therefore, this study was established find suitable and sustainable alternative low-cost fuels source. Cooking oil waste (COW) mixed non-pretreated citrus tree fibers (CTF) (0.5 mL 1 g ratio) pressed formulate coal (CTF/COW). Otherwise, mixture subject...

The establishment of gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as a crucial action in neonatal development, host health and productivity. We hypothesized that the ileal microbiome shifted as goats matured, and this colonization process would be associated with host fermentation capacity. To this end, 18 Liuyang black grazing goats were randomly slaughtered at d 0, 7, 28, 42, and 70. Ileal micro...

Lignocelluloses are the most abundant organic compound in the nature. The cellulosic waste can be used as a potential source of Bio-energy. For the conversion of cellulosic waste to a fuel source, the complex structure of cellulose has to be broken and the glucose monomers obtained can be fermented to bio-ethanol the methods present today are chemicals and enzymatic method. Chemicals methods ar...

Article Type: Full Length Research Article This research highlighted the production of cellulase enzyme from isolated fungal strains and used this enzyme as potential refining agent in manufacturing security paper from cotton comber pulp. Twenty three fungal strains were isolated from soil samples collected from nearby wood based paper mill and screened for cellulolytic activity by Congo red pl...

Biofuels production has come forth as a future technology to combat the problem of depleting fossil fuels. Bio-based ethanol production from enzymatic lignocellulosic biomass degradation serves an efficient method and catching the eye of scientific community. High cost of the enzyme is the major obstacle in preventing the commercialization of this process. Thus main objective of the present stu...

Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the conditions for the production of endo -1,4 glucanase – a component of cellulase by Aspergillus nidulans SU04 and Aspergillus nidulans MTCC344 under solid state fermentation, using pretreated bagasse as chief substrate. A four-factor-five-level central composite design was employed for the experimental design. The endo -1,4 glucanase pr...