An experiment was conducted at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, to investigate effects of fertilization rates and salinity levels on the growth of sex-reversed Thai red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.). The experiment was designed to test two fertilization rates (28 kg nitrogen and 7 kg phosphorus ha-1 wk-1, N:P = 4:1; and 14 kg N and 7 kg P ha-1 wk-1, N:P = 2:1) and three salinity levels ...

AIM The objective of the study was to determine the effect of the management system (intensive and semi-intensive) and season (autumn and winter) on semen freezability in Jakhrana bucks. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 24 Jakhrana bucks of same body weight and age (BW=30 kg, age=1 year) were randomly allotted into two groups, viz., Group I (intensive system, 12 bucks) and Group II (semi-inte...

background exertional heat stroke (ehs) is still a main cause of death in sport. many of ehs complications could have been prevented if ehs had been recognized and treated early and properly. case presentation we report an unusual case of multiple organ failure caused by ehs due to intensive sportive activities in a hot environment with lack of primary care. a 35-year-old healthy sportive man w...

In this paper, 981 reared juveniles of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) were analysed, 721 of which were from a commercial hatchery located in Northern Italy (Venice, Italy) and 260 from the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (Crete, Greece). These individuals were from 4 different egg batches, for a total of 10 different lots. Each egg batch was split into two lots after hatching, and reared...

BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that during mechanical ventilation the lateral-horizontal patient position (in which the endotracheal tube is horizontal) decreases the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, compared to the recommended semi-recumbent position (in which the endotracheal tube slopes downward into the trachea). We tested the feasibility of the lateral-horizontal patient position, ...