in the present study, the effects of chlorella vulgaris on blood and immunological parameters of caspian salmon (salmo trutta caspius) before and after exposure to viral nervous necrosis (vnn) virus were examined. in this regard, four treatments in triplicate were chosen. groups included one control and 3treatments (t1, t2 and t3).  fish in control group, t1, t2 and t3 were fed diets supplement...

BACKGROUND Myeloperoxidase (MPO) has shown potential as a marker for cardiovascular disease. Limited studies have been published with a variety of sample types, resulting in a wide range of MPO values. Little is known or understood about the impact of collection tube type and preanalytical handling of specimens for MPO determination. METHOD MPO concentration was determined by use of the ARCHI...

in this laboratory by strict brother-sister mating (7). These mice have been shown to have a very low incidence of spontaneous leukemia (7). Electron microscopy of spleens and blood from uninfected mice never reveals any virus-like particles. Virus. The origin of the MEV has been described (7). MEV used in the present experiments was obtained from cell-free spleen filtrates of the 23rd to 26th ...

BACKGROUND Blood volume may profoundly affect the isolation of microorganisms in blood cultures. The effect of blood volume in standard anaerobic bottles of the BacT/ALERT 3D system was investigated. METHODS Adult patients who visited the emergency department and referred for blood culture (n = 824) were enrolled from June to September 2013. Two sets of blood cultures were obtained from each ...

The objective of this study was to conduct a preliminary survey of diseases that might be present in the wild Nile crocodile population in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Blood samples were collected from crocodiles ranging in size from 34.0 cm to 463.0 cm total length. Samples were examined for blood parasites and underwent a haematological analysis. Before release the crocodiles were examined f...

The blood biochemical parameters were investigated in a yak (Bos grunniens L) after intravenous administration of 5 mg/kg enrofloxacin. Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein daily for 5 days after the drug administration. Heparinized bloods were collected for mean corpuscular volume (MCV), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), hemoglubin (Hb) estimation and...

The objective of this study was to unravel the innate immunological response after administration of a novel vaccine (Startvac®, HIPra, S.a., amer, Spain), containing the inactivated Escherichia coli J5 strain and the Staphylococcus aureus SP 140 strain expressing Slime associated antigenic Complex (SaaC). In a challenge trial, the effect of vaccination on milk neutrophil viability and concentr...

Aprotinin is frequently used during CPB to reduce post-operative bleeding and attenuate the inflammatory response. The level of anticoagulation in these patients is monitored by using various activated clotting time (ACT) tests, which are generally accepted as being altered by the presence of aprotinin in blood. Therefore, we have investigated the effect of aprotinin on several ACT tests using ...