Mancozeb is an ethylene-bis-dithiocarbamate (EBDC) fungicide. It is used in a wide range to control several of fungal diseases in field crops and fruits. Administration of mancozeb at a dose level of 1/10 LD50 3 times / week for six weeks induced marked histological and histochemical changes in thyroid gland of albino rat. The histological changes included dilation and congestion in blood vesse...

Trophy hunting is one of the most controversial issues in the field of biodiversity conservation. In particular, proponents and opponents debate fiercely over whether it poses a threat to hunted populations. Here, we show that trophy hunting constitutes a greater menace to threatened species than previously realized. Because humans value rarity, targeted species that are threatened are likely t...

The trophy hunting of lions Panthera leo is contentious due to uncertainty concerning conservation impacts and because of highly polarised opinions about the practice. African lions are hunted across at least ~558,000 km(2), which comprises 27-32% of the lion range in countries where trophy hunting of the species is permitted. Consequently, trophy hunting has potential to impart significant pos...

Belma Muhamedagic, Lejla Muhamedagic Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ography-RVG, Trophy Radiologie, Croissy Beaubourg, France [now Trophy, A Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y.]). RVG is modern diagnostic method based on use of digital roentgen. Principle is use of so called CCD chip in RVG sensor (Figure 1) that put in patient’s mouth (3). The first dental digit...

BACKGROUND In randomized trials of primary prevention, there has been interest in the persistence of a beneficial effect of therapy after treatment has been stopped. We investigated the impact of measurement error in the outcome on results of the trial of preventing hypertension (TROPHY), a trial of candesartan vs. placebo for preventing hypertension in prehypertensive subjects. METHODS We si...

Naidoo et al. (2016) assessed benefits from hunting and tourism in Namibia from 1998 to 2013 at 77 communal conservancies, which provide community-based wildlife conservation. They found that hunting and tourism each generates roughly the same economic value and that if trophy hunting were banned, some conservancies would be unable to cover their operating costs. As a result, the authors conclu...

For several plant and animal species, Darimont et al. (1) present compelling evidence that rates of phenotypic change driven by human harvest far outpace those driven by other selective forces. From a life-history perspective, commercial and trophy harvesting also resulted in smaller size/earlier age at first reproduction, smaller adult body size (sometimes associated with shorter lifespan), an...