Background: Fluoroquinolones are among various antibiotic groups used in livestock husbandry. The aim of this screening study was to evaluate the presence of fluoroquinolone residues in fish samples of Stara Zagora region, Bulgaria. Methods: A total of 69 samples from freshwater, marine, and anadromous fish were collected randomly from fish farms and retail stores in Stara Zagora region, Bulga...

Identifying the earthworm material recently collected from different parts of Bulgaria (Rila Mountain, Danube plain, Thracian Lowland and Sub-Balkan valleys) resulted in twelve records of lumbricids, including two earthworm species discovered for the first time in the country. The occurrence of Cernosvitovia munteniana Zicsi & Pop, 1991 in Bulgaria and also on the territory of the Balkan Penins...

In order to reveal the well-defined specificity of the number development of golden jackal (Canis aureus L.) in Bulgaria, its population dynamics was tracked using the available data from the official results of spring game counts, carried out by the Executive Agency for Forests throughout the country, during the period of 1960-2011. It seems that the largest jackal population (39 343 animals i...

M. Stancheva1, I. Kremenski2, M. Apostolova3 , J. Jaeken4, E. van Schaftingen5, G. Matthijs6, N. Ivanova3, V. Bojinova7, B. Radeva8, P. Perenovska1, K. Vladimirova2, R. Vajarova2 and D. Todorova7 1Department of Pediatrics, University Children`s Hospital “ Alexandrovska”, So a, Bulgaria 2National Genetic Laboratory, So a, Bulgaria 3Bulgarian Academy of Science, Laboratory for Medico-biological R...

BACKGROUND Although the rate of smoking-related deaths in Bulgaria is still relatively low, in international terms, it has been rising rapidly. This is likely to become worse in the future as Bulgaria faces growing pressure from transnational tobacco companies. There is, however, little information on patterns of smoking, which is necessary for development of effective policies to tackle tobacc...

1. Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2. Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Bulgaria 3. Department of Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Section of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Bul...

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Available online at www.globalresearchonline.net 253 Vania Maslarska*, Lily Peikova, Boyka Tsvetkova Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria. *Corresponding author’s E-mail: vmaslarska@mai...

1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of MVR-Sofia, Ministry of the Interior, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2Onkoderma Polyclinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria. 3Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. ✉ Corresponding author: [email protected] 25 2016;25:25-26 doi: 10.15570/actaa...

Involvement of endogenous nitric oxide in the effects of kyotorphin and its synthetic analogue on immobilization and cold stress-induced analgesia E. B. Dzambazova*, A. I. Bocheva, V. P. Nikolova 1 Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia...