Several species of freshwater turtles in the family Emydidae undergo an ontogenetic dietary shift; as juvenile turtles mature, they change from a primarily carnivorous to a primarily herbivorous diet. It has been hypothesized that this shift results from an unfavorable ratio of gut capacity to metabolic rate that prevents small reptiles from processing adequate volumes of plant material to meet...

WON, WILIAiM D. (University of Caifornia, Berkeley), ANm HAROLD Ross. Effect of diluent and relative humidity on apparent viability of airborne Pasteurella pestis. Appl. Microbiol. 14:742-745. 1966.-Airborne Pasteurella pestis (A-1122) at low humidities [20 to 50% relative humidity (RH)] exhibited exponential decay when either 1% peptone or Heart Infusion Broth (HIB) was used as the diluent in ...

The emulsion formulation of propofol (Diprivan) evokes pain on i.v. injection, although its pH and osmolality are close to those of blood. The pain induced by serial dilutions of propofol in Intralipid and 5% glucose was examined in isolated vein segments and after intracutaneous injection. Propofol evoked pain in a concentration-related manner in six of eight subjects after i.v. perfusion and ...

Semen collection evaluation and addition of preservatives to increase storage period of sperm are essential for successful artificial insemination. This study was conducted on 4rams (2 Ghezel Merinos and 2 Merinos Moghani) to evaluate the effect of two diluents in Khalatposhan research station. Average age of rams was 3 years. Rams were trained to serve the artificial insemination and semen sam...

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a kind of vector transmitted disease, by Aedes aegypti. It one major public health problem around the world, including Indonesia, because it may lead to epidemics and death in short time. The use plant extracts as bio-larvicidal thought be promising solution, them betel leaves (Piper betle L). addition polyethylene glycol (PEG) diluent increase dispersity extra...

KASTIN, A. J., M. D. MAUK, A. V. SCHALLY AND D. H. COY. Unusual dose-related effecr of an endorphin a n d o g in u complex maze. PHYSIOL. BEHAV. 25(6) 95S962, 1980.-Hungry adult rats were tested in a 12-choice maze for their ability to find a reward of food I5 minutes after being injected peripherally with (D-Ala‘)-D-endorphin. Injection of the endorphin analog in a dose of 80 &kg body weight r...

The aim of this study was (1) to analy�e fresh intact or differently influenced rabbit sperm samples, using Annexin V–binding method for the detection of membrane phosphatidylserine translocation, and (2) to estimate obtained results in relation to the conceptional rate of rabbit females fertili�ed with semen from different groups. Following sample groups were designed: 1. freshly collected sem...

A microtitration agglutination test for the detection of Treponema hyodysenteriae antibody in swine and rabbit sera is described. The following methods provided the best test results: antigen produced from the spirochete after a culturing period of 36 to 44 h at 38 degrees C, washed antigen inactivated with 0.01% Merthiolate at 4 degrees C for 24 to 36 h, sera heated at 56 degrees C for 30 min,...

Studies were conducted using 68 males from the seventh generation of a line of meat-type breeder chickens selected for increased duration of fertility of frozen-thawed semen and 69 males of the randomly selected control line. These chickens were used to determine the presence or absence of differences between the selected and control lines with respect to fertility and spermatozoal motility whe...

Over the years, many materials have been used as fillers in rubber compounds. In this sense, filler is a diluent and is used primarily to lower volume cost. With use, all fillers modify certain physical properties of the compound in addition to lowering cost. Therefore, lower cost is generally achieved at the expense of other desirable properties and all compounds are compromises with various t...