Blood parasites are often found in the blood smears of domestic and wild-caught birds [12,14]. Of these, a member of the family Anaplasmataceae, Aegyptianella (CARPANO, 1929) genus has been reported from domestic fowl, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, quails, ostrichs and psittacine birds [9, 13,14]. The only named species is Aegyptianella pullorum, known in the past as Babesia pullorum or Balfo...

the presence of helicobacter pullorum in intestinal tract of broiler chickens may be a potential risk for human health. in this study, a total of 100 caecal samples of broilers carcasses from 20 flocks at a poultry abattoir in mashhad suburb were tested for the presence of h. pullorum using modified conventional culture method by combination of culturing on brucella sheep blood agar and a filte...

Interaction of lactoferrin (Lf) with the cell envelope (CE) and outer membrane (OM) of Salmonella typhimurium-type strain ATCC13311 was tested by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western-blot analyses. The peroxidase-labeled bovine Lf (BLf) and human Lf both recognized a heat-modifiable protein with an estimated molecular mass of 38 kD in the OM. Simultaneous immuno...

Antimicrobial resistance of bacteria is one the biggest problems worldwide. Calotropis procera has been used in traditional and folk medicine due to presence different active compounds. The present study was conducted determine antimicrobial activity crude aqueous extracts against field isolates some gram negative positive bacteria. extract studied for its Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureu...