F or three decades, from the mid1930s until his death in 1962, Homer Smith was the preeminent figure among those interested in the physiology of the kidney. His leadership reflected not only the seminal research contributions of Smith and his colleagues and the conceptual framework that he developed, but also the extraordinary lucidity that he brought to the exposition of work in renal physiolo...

Considerable scope exists for the use of AI in camel breeding programmes but the technology is not fully developed. The fertility of both fresh and liquid-stored (24 h; 4°C) dromedary camel semen diluted in either Green Buffer (GB) or INRA-96 (INRA) was assessed. Different insemination doses were investigated: 150 and 300 x 10 motile sperm for fresh sperm, and 150, 300 and 600 x 10 motile sperm...

progestagens have been used in order to control follide wave dynamics in camelids, however, the results are contra versial.the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of single norgestomet implant on ovarian follicle development in bactrian camel. bactrian camels (n=8; 6-14 years old) were assigned randomly to two groups. norgestomet treated group (n=4) received one implant of norge...