Milk is the most nourishing natural biofl uid. Milk bioactives contribute signifi cantly to meeting nutrient requirements while minimizing the risks of cancers, traumas, and metabolic complexities. Some mothers may not be able to feed their infants breast milk for a prolonged period. Very young infants and the elderly may be intolerant to cow milk and its proteins and cholesterol. Th us, viable...

European Community (EC) legislation requires identification and registration of bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine animals. For intra-Community trade, bovine animals must be accompanied by a passport and the required health certificate, and identified by a tag on each ear. The principles of active identification of bovine animals (by ear tags) and of ovine, caprine and porcine animals (by ear t...

Ancient DNA (aDNA) samples extracted from the bone remains of six equids buried by the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD were investigated to test pre-amplification and enzymatic repair procedures designed to enhance the rescue of nuclear genes. The extracts, which proved all positive for Equidae mtDNA amplification, proved positive only four times out of 18 when tested for single-copy Equidae nuclear...

We report 87 specimens of hipparionine horse from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates. The dominant species is referred to “Hipparion” abudhabiense. abudhabiense represented by mandibles, mandibular and maxillary cheek teeth a variety postcranial bones, some which are complete. Formation early wear suggest that was higher crowned than Central European Hippotherium primigenium with maxi...

So far, Streptococcus devriesei, which belongs to the mutans streptococci group, has been incriminated in the formation of caries in Equidae. We report the first human infection due to this species in a 54-year-old man with gangrenous cholecystitis. The patient was treated successfully by cholecystectomy and ceftriaxone.

the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of stec and epec strains and e. coli o157 serogroup in some equidae and canidae. the fecal samples of 79 animals from 6 different species were evaluated for presence of these strains. all the isolates were tested for virulence genes using multiplex-pcr. non-sorbitol fermenting (nsf) escherichia coli isolates and positive strains for virule...