The serum proteinograms of 10 female Holstein calves fed milk either through conventional (COV) or step-down (STP) milk feeding methods at different ages were evaluated. Calves fed using the COV method were fed colostrum during the first 24 hours that they stayed with their respective mothers and received transition milk for another 2 days and later, and then milk at four liters/day for 59 days...

PURPOSE Previous studies have shown that physical activity improves learning and memory. Present study was performed to determine the effects of short term and long term treadmill exercise on learning, memory consolidation and retrieval of passive avoidance learning in an animal model. METHODS In this study fifty male Wistar rats with 3-4 months of age were randomly divided into five groups (...

introduction: transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (trpv1) and protein kinase cγ (pkcγ) are involved in sensitization/desensitization to noxious stimuli. we aimed to examine the gene expression levels of trpv1 and pkcγ in rat lumbosacral cord and midbrain on days 1, 4 and 8 of induction of morphine analgesic tolerance. methods: two groups of male wistar rats received twice daily saline...

objective(s): febrile seizures (fs) are the most common type of convulsive events among children. its prevalence has been estimated to be 2-5% in children between 3 months and 5 years old. also, blood and csf magnesium levels have been demonstrated to be reduced in children with fs. this study investigates the effect of mgso4 pretreatment on the behaviors caused by hyperthermia (ht) and effect ...

zataria multiflora essential oil possesses immunomodulatory effects and the present study investigatesits effect on immune responses to live newcastle disease (nd) vaccines and faecal shedding period ofvaccine strain virus in chickens. one hundred and eighty chickens from both sexes were divided into 6 equalgroups: group 1: unvaccinated, group 2: vaccinated (b1 vaccine followed by la sota 10 da...

introduction: an induction of osteogenic differentiation in rat bone marrow stromal cell cultures by dexamethasone was reported. materials and methods: the marrow stromal cells obtained from 4 to 6 weeks - old spruge-dawely male rats were grown in primary culture for 7 days and then subcultured for 20 days. the cells were cultured in either dmem medium containing 15% fetal calf serum, antibioti...