BACKGROUND: The polysaccharide hyaluronan is a major component of the extracellular matrix and has been observed to impact retrovirus infectivity in biological settings. Hyaluronan has also been applied in biotechnology as a non-immunogenic, biocompatible agent to improve control of drug delivery and lentiviral transduction. We carried out a preliminary investigation to ascertain if the presenc...

Global change can greatly affect plant populations both directly by influencing growing conditions and indirectly by maternal effects on development of offspring. More information is needed on transgenerational effects of global change on plants and their interactions with pathogens. The current study assessed potential maternal effects of atmospheric CO(2) enrichment on performance and disease...

This study investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with calcium salts of fatty acids using 48 Afshari ewes randomly allocated to four treatments. All groups used in flushing period and only the source of energy were different between rations. The ewes were divided into four groups: A-barely grain; group B-received 5% of CSFA with source of flaxseed oil (w3); group C-received 5% of CS...

Gilt progeny have lighter weaning weights and greater postweaning medication and mortality rates compared with the progeny of older parity sows. Because weaning weight has been positively correlated with postweaning survival, this study aimed to determine whether the provision of supplemental milk preweaning could improve weaning weight and subsequent weights as well as postweaning survival of ...

Radon progeny concentration is measured with a total alpha counting system in 185 dwellings in the town of Thessaloniki. The Equilibrium Equivalent radon Concentration (EEC Rn) follows a lognormal distribution with an arithmetic and geometric mean value of 28 Bq/m and 16 Bq/m respectively. Simultaneous in situ alpha and gamma spectroscopy measurements were performed in 60 schools of Thessalonik...

Various studies have validated that genetic divergence in dairy cattle translates to phenotypic differences; nonetheless, many consider the breeding goal, or associated traits, generally been small scale, often undertaken controlled environments, and they lack consideration for entire suite of traits included goal. Therefore, objective present study was fill this void, doing so, provide produce...