IN a recent communication, Dr F. A. E. Crew described one case of complete sex reversal in the domestic fowl and seven others showing different stages in this process. The whole formed a consistent series which demonstrated the fact that an individual which had previously functioned as an active female producing eggs can on occasion undergo a complete sex transformation and come to function as ...

Domestic violence against women is an important public health problem that cannot be ignored. Health professionals need to take part in the prevention, detection and treatment processes, acting in a coordinate way with other professionals and institutions. This paper analyzes the consequences of domestic violence against women, and underscores the fact that health professionals are part of the ...

one hundred sixty two domestic fowls were examined for toxoplasma infection by both indirect haemagglutination tests for toxoplasma antibodies and inoculation of their brains intraperitoneally into mice for the parasite. the overall sero-positive rate (spr) was 29 percent with the titers ranging from 1:20 to 1:6400. the number of each species tested and their spr were: 74 hens (27.0%), 35 roost...