genus leishmania is a protozoan parasite that causes different severe diseases. fetal calf serum (fcs) is the major part of the leishmania culture media, for mass cultivation and the most expensive ingredient in these media. in the present work, the efficacy of chicken serum was evaluated in leishmania culture media. the results indicated that, the (10%) chicken serum enriched culture medium su...

the effect of genotype and sex of nigerian indigenous chickens (dwarf, fulani ecotypes, neck, frizzle and normal feathered) on blood serum electrolytes and biochemical parameters were investigated using 40 chickens. the collected data were subjected to analysis via a 2 way anova. the results revealed serum levels of sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, total protein, creatinin, albu...

Genus Leishmania is a protozoan parasite that causes different severe diseases. Fetal Calf Serum (FCS) is the major part of the Leishmania culture media, for mass cultivation and the most expensive ingredient in these media. In the present work, the efficacy of chicken serum was evaluated in Leishmania culture media. The results indicated that, the (10%) chicken serum enriched culture medium su...

background: the specific antibody response against newcastle disease virus (ndv) in the blood serum of chickens hatched from eggs exposed to low dose gamma-radiation was studied. materials and methods: two groups of eggs of commercial meat chicken lines were irradiated with the dose of 0.30 gy 60co gamma-rays before incubation and on the 19th day of incubation, respectively. the same number of ...

Background: The specific antibody response against Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in the blood serum of chickens hatched from eggs exposed to low dose gamma-radiation was studied. Materials and methods: Two groups of eggs of commercial meat chicken lines were irradiated with the dose of 0.30 Gy 60Co gamma-rays before incubation and on the 19th day of incubation, respectively. The same num...

A quantitative microtiter method using chicken plasma is described for determining the degree of complement resistance or sensitivity of avian Escherichia coli isolates. Results obtained with the microtiter method using chicken plasma were compred with results obtained using commercially available standardized guinea pig serum as the source of complement. The test organisms consisted of five is...

Chicken egg yolk contains a mannose-binding protein that could be purified with a modification of the procedure of affinity chromatography and gel filtration used for chicken serum mannose-binding protein. The yolk protein was indistinguishable from the serum protein with respect to apparent molecular masses (169 +/- 7 kDa), subunits (74 kDa and 27 kDa, in approximately 1:1 ratio) produced afte...

It has been reported that serum alkaline phosphatase level is extremely high in the young chicken but reaches a low level in the adult(Common, 1936; Tanabe and Wilcox, 1960a). Thyroid hormone secretion rate on the basis of unit body weight has been noted to be higher in the young chicken than in the adult (Schultz and Turner, 1945 ; Himeno et al., 1960). Recently, Tanabe and Wilcox (1960b)repor...