BACKGROUND Accurate diagnosis of egg allergy by IgE testing is challenged by a large number of atopic subjects sensitized, but clinically tolerant to eggs. In addition, discrimination between allergy to raw only, or raw and cooked egg allergy is important. In this study, we investigate the diagnostic performance of IgE tests to native and denatured egg proteins. METHODS According to food chal...

This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of abortions and to evaluate its association with the socio-demographic factors in an urban slum. The data was collected based on recall obstetric history from186 females through systematic random sampling from 01.04.2001 to 30.06.2001. It was found that the abortion rate was 419.35 / 1000 women of reproductive age group. Abortion ratio was 10...

The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of the dietary inclusion of organic trace minerals selenium and zinc on the performance and internal and external egg quality of Japanese quails submitted to heat stress. Data on egg production, feed conversion (kg feed intake/ kg eggs and dozen eggs), egg weight, egg specific gravity, eggshell thickness and weight, Haugh unit, yolk index, albume...

Previous studies have found strong evidences for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) egg retention in fjords, which are caused by the combination of vertical salinity structure, estuarine circulation, and egg specific gravity, supporting small-scaled geographical differentiations of local populations. Here, we assess the variability in egg specific gravity for selected local populations of this species...

One of the most common causes of salmonellosis of man and poultry is Salmonella Enteritidis which is often found in the digestive system of adult birds. The infected birds do not display any evident clinical symptoms and, at the same time, they excrete the bacteria into the surrounding environment. Studies are carried out by standard microbiological procedures which include the isolation of Sal...

background : staphylococcus aureus strains exhibiting multiple antibiotic resistances are isolated from most communities and hospital infections. treatment of patients with these infections has been difficult. the aim of this study was to detect and extract, the egg yolk immunoglobulin y as a potential source of anti- s. aureus antibody. methods : specific igy was produced by immunizing hens wi...

Egg allergies can usually be confirmed by the combination of medical history, prick test, and specific IgE. Prick test with native hen’s egg is more sensitive that with commercial egg extracts [4, 5]. It must be kept in mind that different assays for specific IgE provide variable, not uniformous results considering the absolute values. In case of follow-up to verify immune tolerance development...