By RAYMOND D. A. PETERSON AND ROBERT A. GooD T HE CHICKEN has two distinct gut-associated lymphoid organs, the thymus and the bursa of Fabriciiis ( fig. 1 ) . Although these organs lie at opposite ends of the chicken’s gastrointestinal tract, they have certain similarities that have prompted investigators to consider them together.1’2 The lobules of lymphoid tissue that characterize both of the...

Six medical students inhabiting a centuries-old, rat-infested house in Lübeck, in northern Germany, were suffering from itching papules and seropapules. Prior to these patients' visit to our institute, their conditions had been diagnosed as pediculosis, scabies, or pulicosis and treated unsuccessfully with the antiparasitic agent lindane (0.3%). The final diagnosis, tropical rat mite dermatitis...

numerous techniques for injection into the distal sesamoid bursa (navicular bursa) have been described, especially in equine, but there are few specific descriptions regarding this practice being done in cattle. five different techniques were compared for injection into the distal sesamoid bursa in cattle including distal plantar approach parallel with the coronary band, proximal plantar approa...

background: lung cancer ranks among the most common and most lethal malignancies worldwide. once vascular or lymphatic invasions occur, metastatic dissemination to distant sites is common. bone, liver, adrenals, and brain are the most frequent sites of the distant disease. in this study we present a case of squamous cell carcinoma of lung with metastasis of the left knee bursa.case presentation...

rodent ectoparasites seems have a main role in transmission of some zoonotic pathogens from commensal rats to human and pets such as leishmaniasis, plague, cchf, etc. so rodents as the main reservoirs, are potential health dangers in human communities. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of identified ectoparasites in north of tehran . rodents were captured with ...

Correspondence to: Erdem Cubukcu, MD Department of Medical Oncology, Uludag University Medical School, Nilufer, 16059, Bursa,Turkey. Tel: +9

Muhammed Emin Akkoyunlu, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Fatma Erboy, Gulhan Arvas, Turan Aslan Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey Bursa Edicational and Rsearch Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa, T...

Five weeks old guinea fowls were inoculated intraocularly with a 20% bursal suspension containing a local Nigerian isolate of infectious burfa! disease virus (IBDV) which had a bursal lesion titre of 10· per 0.5 mI. No clinical signs were observed. Gross lesions were absent and microscopic lesions were not found in the bursa, spleen and kidney on days 3 and 5 post infection (PI). IBDV antigen w...