in wistar rats, reproductive behavior is controlled in a neural circuit of ventral forebrain including the medial amygdala (me), bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (bnst) and medial preoptic area (mpoa) via perception of social odors. diabetes mellitus (dm) is a widespread metabolic disease that affects many organs in a variety of levels. dm can cause central neuropathies such as neuronal apop...

Reproductive efficiency is declining on U.S. dairy herds. There are numerous factors that affect reproductive efficiency on individual farms. These include heat detection rate, heat stress, semen quality, bull fertility, AI technique, nutrition, body condition score, clinical and subclinical mastitis, cow comfort, and many other factors related to whole farm management, individual farm managers...

Aim. To prove the medical-sociological technique of research of reproductive health of teenagers with the account of modern approaches to the understanding of health and the health-related quality of life. Method. Two ways of data selection are allocated in its frame: the analysis of factors, significant for health of teenagers from the point of view of adults; and research of factors, signific...

BACKGROUND An open abdomen (OA) can result from surgical management of trauma, severe peritonitis, abdominal compartment syndrome, and other abdominal emergencies. Enteroatmospheric fistulae (EAF) occur in 25% of patients with an OA and are associated with high mortality. METHODS We report our experience with topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy in the management of EAF in an OA using the ...

Ghezel sheep is one of the main breeds in the north-west of Iran which is reared for meat, milk and wool production. Improving reproduction of this breed will have a significant impact on the economic development of local farmers. Therefore, in the present study the effect of simultaneous use of estrus synchronization(controlled internal drug releasing (CIDR) and equine chorionic gonadotropin (...

T H E Sheep Laparotomy Cradle as described by Lamond and Urquhart (1961) in conjunction with a local anesthetic greatly facilitates laparotomies for observations of the reproductive tract. However, large ewes are extremely difficult to raise high enough on the cradle for convenient observations and they are not adequately restrained. The position of the head and shoulders also interferes with a...