wild cage birds can be carriers of some human pathogens and some of these can be transmitted to people. campylobacter bacteria are the most common bacteria that cause gastroenteritis worldwide. considering people's interests to keep wild cage birds and the potential ability of wild cage birds to transmit campylobacter to humans, the present study was conducted to evaluate campylobacter inf...

The objective of the present work was to design a rearing method for the Moroccan or Mediterranean locust Dociostaurus maroccanus and to breed it. The duration of the post-embryonic development from N1 to adult ranged between 35 and 38 days, independently of whether nymphs were reared at constant temperature or in cages with incandescent light bulbs that a€ord heat for thermo-regulation. In con...

Aerosol movement into 4 different sentinel cage configurations at 0 degrees, 30 degrees and 60 degrees orientation relative to the aerosol flow in a wind tunnel was studied using a quartz crystal microbalance cascade impactor. The data suggest that a cylinder, screened on all sides, with the longitudinal axis perpendicular to the ground would provide a consistent cage profile to the wind regard...

Tibia segmental defect healing in sheep were clinically, radiographically and histologically evaluated. Twelve young sheep aged four to five months were divided into two groups, G1 and G2. A 3.5 cm long segmental defect was created in the right tibial diaphysis with maintenance of the periosteum. The bone defects in both groups were stabilized with a bone plate combined with a titanium cage. In...

The efficiency of different types of traps for catching of the Caspian Sea crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus eichwaldi, was investigated from Mar. 2002 to Feb. 2003. Totally 56 traps of four most commonly used types, "Rectangular trap", "Round trap", "Opera house trap" in two colors of "black" and "blue", and "Fathoms plus" only in black...

Real and perceived aquaculture environmental impacts that must be considered prior to expansion to open ocean locations include: 1) benthic carbon loading, 2) water column nutrification, 3) stimulation of harmful algal blooms, and 4) escapement and implications to wild populations. A simulation model was developed for predicting the benthic impacts from offshore cage culture. The model simulate...

Two different tactics are currently being utilized to control rabies in foxes, skunks and raccoons in Ontario, Canada. The first tactic, which involves live-capturing with cage-traps and vaccinating by intramuscular injection, was successful in immunizing 54%-72% of the skunk and raccoon populations in a 60 km2 area of Toronto, Ontario. This area has been free of rabies for two-and-a-half years...

We performed a constrained search, combined with density-functional theory optimization, of low-energy geometric structures of silicon clusters Si(39), Si(40), Si(50), Si(60), Si(70), and Si(80). We used fullerene cages as structural motifs to construct initial configurations of endohedral fullerene structures. For Si(39), we examined six endohedral fullerene structures using all six homolog C(...

In order to contribute to the butterflies' biodiversity knowledge at Serra do Intendente State Park - Minas Gerais, a study based on collections using Van Someren-Rydon traps and active search was performed. In this study, a total of 395 butterflies were collected, of which 327 were identified to species or morphospecies. 263 specimens were collected by the traps and 64 were collected using ent...