Objective- This study aims to determine the efficacy of propofol in grass carp anesthesia and to examine the impact of the drug on electrocardiogram, pH and blood gases in this fish species. Design- Experimental study. Animals- 120 apparently healthy grass carps, weighting between 1-2 kg. Procedure- Fishes were sorted randomly into 12 groups of 10 fish each. Five groups were anesthetized by bat...

Background: This study was conducted to assess the effect of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves powder (NLP) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) oil (CNO) on growth performance broiler chickens. Methods: Four hundred twenty day old commercial Vencobb 400 chicks were randomly distributed into 6 groups 7 replicates each. Dietary treatments were; T0 (control: basal diet), T1 (basal diet + 2 g NLP/k...

objective: carthamus tinctorius l.(c. tinctorius) is used as a food additive but also has medicinal applications. the present work was designed to investigate its probable side effects on the histology and function of the kidney in the mice. materials and methods: sixty adult balb/c mice were randomly distributed into one control and three experimental groups. the control group received only di...

florfenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, widely used in veterinary medicine. the aim of this study was to determine florfenicol residues in the muscle and liver of cultured rainbow trout in iran by elisa. the samples were collected from three areas (kiar, ardal, and koohrang), considered as areas with high production of trout in the western part of iran. sampling was completed during the spr...

The objective of this study was to investigate the propensity of permethrin (PTN) to induce oxidative stress and changes in enzyme activities in liver of rainbow trout and its possible attenuation by vitamin C. Forty-eight fish were randomly assigned to 1 of 6 treatment groups and their livers were used for liver perfusion method: control (0 μgL-1 permethrin and 0 mgL-1 vitamin C), PTN-0.16 (0....

Abstract Co-enzyme Q10 (Co-Q10) plays a key role in the cellular respiration for production of ATP. The toxicity quinones to kidney appears depend on variety factors, including genetic polymorphisms and individual’s comorbidites. aim present study was assess histologically nephrotoxic effects 6 weeks daily oral intake Co-Q10 experimental animals. Twenty-five Wistar rats weighing between 220-270...

A study was conducted to evaluate the uptake and accumulation of waterborne lead (Pb) in various tissues of Catla catla when exposed to lower doses. Single breed fingerlings (6-8 cm) of C. catla were obtained from a commercial fish seed hatchery. Six groups (in duplicate) of fish (40 each) were maintained at 22 C, pH 7.0, hardness 140 mg/l and DO 7.0 mg/l in 90 liters of water in glass tanks. E...

Milk was collected from 20 primiparous Holstein cows that were distributed into four groups and arranged in a completely randomized design with a 35-day period to determine the effect of feeding fish oil, soybean oil, or their combination on milk production and composition. Experimental diets consisted of: 1) control diet; 2) a diet with 3% (DM basis) added fat from menhaden fish oil; 3) a diet...

Mulberry leaf extract (ELM) has the functions of promoting growth, antioxidant, improving intestinal microbial composition, thus providing a potential solution occurrence fish diseases. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to explore effects ELM on health spotted sea bass Lateolabrax maculatus . A total 360 (9.00 ± 0.02 g) were selected and randomly divided into 6 groups. Fish in each group...