this experiment was conducted to determine the effects of myrtle essential oil (meo) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, antibody titer and blood parameters of broiler chickens. a total of 200 ross 308 broiler chickens were allocated to five dietary treatments with four replicates of 10 birds each. dietary treatments were prepared by formulating a corn-soybean meal-based diet free o...

BACKGROUND Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease which is characterized by B-cell abnormality and auto-antibody generation. Since bacterial infections are the most important causes of mortality in these patients, pneumococcal vaccination is recommended for children with SLE. OBJECTIVE To investigate humoral immunity and specific-antibody formation in response to a...

www.eymj.org To the Editor: For decades, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex has been considered the primary target of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), and treatment strategies have mainly focused on anti-HLA antibodies. Recently, other antibodies potentially causing organ damage and loss have been discovered. Conclusive evidence on treatment options for these subtypes of AMR is still l...

a semi-field study was carried out to evaluate the effect of two medicinal herbs, individually and in combination, on growth performance, carcass traits, nutrient digestibility and immune response of broiler chickens.  a total of 384 one-day-old straight-run arbor acres broiler chickens were allocated into 24 floor pens prepared in a commercial broiler house. pen-groups were fed one of the foll...

background: this study was conducted to determine the efficacy of milk thistle seeds (mtss) in counteracting the toxic effects of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) in a contaminated diet fed to broilers.methods: two dietary inclusion rates of afb1 (0, 0.250 and 500 ppb) and mts (0, 0.5 and 1%) were tested in a 3×3 factorial manner. the effect of nine experimental treatments was assessed using 216 one-d-old r...

BACKGROUND Vaccination with the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) induces protective levels of antibody (anti-HBs = 10 IU/L) in majority of vaccinees. It has been shown that the levels of anti-HBs antibody do wane after vaccination. The aim of this study was to evaluate the persistence of anti-HBs antibodies in healthy Iranian children at 10 years after primary vaccination and the response to...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a substantial genetic component. Since the discovery of anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibodies, a specific biomarker for neuromyelitis optica (NMO), NMO has been classified as a distinct disease entity with a fundamentally different etiology from MS. Recent genetic studies have clarified the distinct and common genetic profiles of Japan...

Background: Group O blood donor is more readily available and frequently used as a universal red cell emergency whole (EM O) for exchange transfusion in neonates. Sera from group donors contains two separable haemolysin antibodies, anti-A anti-B, cross-reacting antibody called anti-A, B (mostly IgG). The presence of haemolysins the may lead to haemolysis recipients. Objectives: This study aims ...

Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease with multifactorial origin. Key Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles, including DRB1*0402 and DQB1*0503, have been linked to the development of PV. However, it not known how HLA types vary ethnicity they shape autoimmunity in We assessed correlations between factors genotype, ethnicity, auto-antibody levels, lesion distribution co...