Evidence on risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hemato-oncologic patients is conflicting. We studied risk factors for CDI in a large, well-characterized cohort of hemato-oncological patients. 144 hemato-oncological patients were identified in this retrospective, single center study with a microbiologically confirmed CDI-associated diarrhea. Patients were compared with 144 ...

AIM The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of season and sex on hemato-biochemical parameters of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the arid tropical environment. MATERIALS AND METHODS The experiment was conducted on 20-week old turkeys consisting of 20 males and 20 females. Blood was collected from all turkeys during January and May. Hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), packed...

Aim: To study the hematological and serum biochemical parameters of the critically endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus). Materials and Methods: Blood samples for hemato-biochemical analyses were collected from the ventral median coccygeal vein of six juvenile and six sub adult gharials of Dewari Gharial Rearing Centre of National Chambal Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India. Hematological exami...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of administration of different concentration of aloe vera crud extract (ace) as a food supplement on growth performance, immune response and disease resistance against aeromonas hydrophila (chester) infection in cyprinus carpio. 360 juvenile c.carpio were randomly divided into four equal groups in triplicates. groups 1 to 4 were fed by basal foo...