The number of egg rafts oviposited by Culex pipiens and Culex restuans in infusion-baited ovitraps varied with the type of infusion substrate, infusion age, method of infusion preparation, and calendar date. In one or more tests, more Culex egg rafts were collected from water infused with Kentucky bluegrass sod, mixed grass clippings, straw, or a commercial rabbit chow than from a water control...

the goal of this study was to determine whether ghrelin affects the mean plasma concentrations ofmetabolic parameters such as thyroxine (t4), triiodothyronine (t3), growth hormone (gh), insulin, glucagon,glucose, fatty acid and urea in the goats fed different energy content in diets. sixteen goats were randomly dividedinto 4 groups. animals in groups 1 and 2 were fed 100 % and animals in groups...

Some of the factors governing the development of edema in the lungs are understood in broad terms. These factors are considered to be no different from those operative in the systemic vessels-increased hydrostatic pressure, decreased oncotic pressure, excessive permeability of the vessels, and decreased lymphatic drainage. Little specific quantitative information is available relative to the pu...