five healthy adult male iranian donkeys (equus asinus) were selected and ivermectin (0.2, 0.6 and 0.9 mglkg, orally at different times) for 14 days was administered. before dosing, control blood samples were taken on day o. blood samples were taken on days 1,2,3,7 and 14 following ivermectin administration at different doses. the results showed that the activity of serumast and ldh increased on...

Seven new oxime-based acetylcholinesterase reactivators were compared with three currently available ones (obidoxime, trimedoxime, HI-6) for their ability to lessen cholinesterase inhibition in blood and brain of cyclosarin-treated rats. Oximes were given at doses of 5% their LD(50) along with 21 mg/kg atropine five min before the LD(50) of cyclosarin (120 ug/kg) was administered. Blood and bra...

background and objective: patients with thalassemia major have an abnormality in hemoglobin synthesis and ineffective hematopoiesis and for this reason with respect to disease severity should receive one or more fresh blood unit every 15-30 days. since transfusion of blood products has been known as one of the routes of hiv infection, therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalen...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is often difficult to diagnose because bacteria in ascites cannot be detected accurately by conventional culture. In situ hybridization (ISH) was previously developed for rapid detection of genes from bacteria phagocytized by neutrophils. SBP may develop after bacteria enter into the systemic circulation following bacterial translocation. There...

We report the detection of free 2,4-toluenediamine in urine of a patient implanted with polyurethane-covered breast implants. Samples were collected on several dates, ranging from 21 days to seven months after the insertion of the implants, and these samples all showed the presence of free 2,4-toluenediamine at a concentration of about 1 micrograms/L. The chemical was not found in a urine sampl...

the present study investigated the effects of acute toxicity of malathion on behavioral and haematological parameters in the cyprinid capoeta damascina . the specimens were collected from the kordan river, karaj, iran in august, 2014 and were exposed to different concentrations of malathion at the laboratory (24, 48, 72 mg l ‑1 ) based on 96h-lc (10; 30; 50; 90) which was 6.08 (5.22-7.18) mg l ...

the important of ostrich breeding have been increased in the iran as other country around the world. lack of sexual dimorphism in many species of birds including ostrich (struthio camelus), making it difficult to differentiate between males and females, especially in young birds. this can be problematic for breeding programs. blood samples from randomly chicks in the first days were collected a...

BACKGROUND Application of assisted reproductive technologies in buffaloes is limited to some extent by farmers' inability to detect oestrus because of its poor expression. The present study aimed at investigating reliability of a milk progesterone enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to assess the ovarian cyclicity during post partum, oestrus and post-breeding periods in water buffaloes. ...