Background: Doogh is a popular dairy beverage in Iran which its main ingredient is yogurt. The aim of this study was evaluation of bacterial and fungal contamination of this product marketed in Lorestan province, West of Iran. Methods: A total of 200 doogh samples consisted of 150 commercial samples, including five different brands and also 50 homemade samples were purchased randomly from mark...

ferent among treatments. Protozoal counts were not different among treatments (P > 0.05) in ruminal or omasal samples. Generic protozoal counts were not different (P > 0.05) among treatments, corresponding with similar banding profiles from DGGE. Multivariate statistics showed no difference (P > 0.05) in generic distribution of protozoa in ruminal vs. omasal samples, supporting absence of selec...

background: doogh is a popular dairy beverage in iran which its main ingredient is yogurt. the aim of this study was evaluation of bacterial and fungal contamination of this product marketed in lorestan province, west of iran. methods: a total of 200 doogh samples consisted of 150 commercial samples, including five different brands and also 50 homemade samples were purchased randomly from marke...

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and pharmacokinetic profiles of gentamicin, vancomycin, and levofloxacin in a rat air pouch model, in which Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25293) was used as the test organism. Antibiotic treatments (i.p.) were started 1 hour after bacterial inoculation and continued for 5 days. Bacterial counts and antibiotic concentrations were determined in pouch...

A simple column filtration was developed to clarify meat homogenate suitable enough to quantify and assess the viability of bacterial population using flow cytometry. The removal of debris from homogenized meat suspensions was achieved by passing through different column materials such as sand particles, glass beads, dowex resin, and cell debris remover (CDR). Total plate counts on tryptic soy ...

The fecal microflora enzymes, beta-glucuronidase and beta-glucosidase, as well as fecal bacterial counts, were examined during colon carcinogenesis in rats administered parenteral 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and fed nutritionally equivalent diets free of fiber or containing one of three single sources of dietary fiber (cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin). Whereas pectin-fed animals had increased fe...

erodium (geranaiceae) species are distributed in different habitats of iran. some species are of medicinal importance while some are well known weeds. there are no chromosome counts for erdoium species of iran. chromosome numbers are given for six taxa of erodium (geraniaceae) from iran: e. cicutarium (2n=36), e. ciconium(2n=18), e. malacoides (2n=20), e. moschatum (2n=20), e. neuradifolium (2n...

Detection of group B Streptococcus (GBS) strains at various bacterial concentrations was evaluated using three pigment-producing broth media. At 10(3) CFU/ml, StrepB carrot broth (SBCB), Granada instant liquid biphasic (IGLB), and Northeast Laboratory GBS screening medium (NEL-GBS) showed 100% detection, but at the lower bacterial counts, SBCB and IGLB were more sensitive than NEL-GBS after 24 h.

In this study, different optical, physical and chemical measurements were tested for their capacity to detect changes in water quality. The tests included UV-absorbance at 254 nm, absorbance at 420 nm, turbidity, particle counting, temperature, pH, electric conductivity (EC), free chlorine concentration and ATP concentration measurements. Special emphasis was given to investigating the potentia...