genotypes of iranian zel sheep for calpastatin(cast) locus were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) and polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (pcr-sscp) methods and for calpain(capn) locus by pcr-sscp. blood samples were collected from 200 purebred zel sheep of zel breeding station located in golestan province i...

The study determined the occurrence of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN) and their metabolites in staple cereals from Southwest Nigeria. Sixty composite samples maize, sorghum millet were evaluated for DON, ZEN masked forms; 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (3Ac-DON), 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15Ac-DON), ?-zearalenone (?-ZEL) ?-zearalenone (?-ZEL). Deoxynivalenol did not co-occur with contrast to pr...

the influence of melatonin receptor 1a gene on litter size was studied in 150 ewes from zel (n=100) and naeini (n=50) sheep breeds. two restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analyses were done to determine all genotypes occurring by variations at mnli and rsai restriction sites. the m and c were the most frequent alleles in both of these breeds. the mm genotype was predominant in zel ...

The present study was done to evaluate the breed, sex and sampling site influence on fat-tail and visceral fatty acid composition of five pure and cross bred lambs from three Iranian sheep breeds. Particularly, on the content of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids from two cut-able fat depots (fat-tail and visceral). All animals were managed and finished up together and received the same diet....

Zearalenone (Zen) is a mycotoxin with estrogenic effect which contaminates cereals. In cell culture, Zen and its metabolite, alpha-Zearalenol (alpha-Zel), stimulate breast cancer cells growth. Today hormone-dependent cancers are important because of high incidence and death rate. Previous studies showed that Zen and alpha-Zel have an effect on hormone-dependent cancers. This study explains the ...

We describe a fast method to simulate in a semi – analytical way consistent maps of the thermal , kinetic and polarised Sunyaev – Zel '-dovich effect , featuring both cluster spatial correlations and large – scale velocity flows .

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF) of ration for estimation of rumen degradability of fiber in sheep. In experiment 1, to determine feed iNDF, four ruminal fistulated Zel ewes were used. Three grams of alfalfa hay, corn silage, barley grain, wheat bran, ration 1 (including alfalfa hay and concentrate), and ration 2 (including ...

From 1999-2001 three different varieties of wheat [Contur (susceptible to Fusarium), Batis and Petrus (less susceptible to Fusarium)] were cultivated under organic and conventional conditions in order to determine mycotoxin burden. Soil quality, preceding crop and weather conditions were comparable in the different production systems. The wheat batches were analysed for moulds, and the contents...