Non-linear generalised minimum variance control state space design for a second-order Volterra series model Mohsen Maboodia,∗, Eduardo F. Camachob and Ali Khaki-Sedigha Industrial Control Center of Excellence, Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, Uni...

The effect of host age on the outcome of duck tembusu virus (DTMUV) infection was studied in ducks. Three groups of Cherry Valley ducks at 1, 3, and 7 weeks of age were intramuscularly infected with DTMUV to systematically observe the clinical symptoms, pathological changes, tissue viral loads, and immune responses. Severe clinical symptoms and neurological dysfunction were observed in 1-week-o...

Control performance assessment for a class of nonlinear systems using second-order Volterra series models based on nonlinear generalised minimum variance control M. Maboodi, A. Khaki-Sedigh & E.F. Camacho a Industrial Control Center of Excellence, Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran b Department of ...

Experimental infection of Muscovy ducks with V4 strain of Newcastle disease virus was undertaken to determine the response of the ducks to the virus and the possibility of virus transmission to ducks and chickens in village like conditions. Twelve ducks were randomly and equally divided into three groups of control, inoculated and in-contact. Additionally, the chickens were placed into two grou...

In order to evaluate geographical differences in the liver pathology of ducks infected with duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV), ducks in Chiba and Shimane, Japan, and Shanghai, China, were investigated. The numbers (DHBV positive/negative) and the maximum age of the ducks examined were 18/10 at 19 mo, 15/1 at 3 yr 4 mo, and 72/27 at 18 mo, respectively. DHBV infection was induced experimentally in d...

The pathogenicity of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses in domestic ducks varies between different viruses and is affected by the age of the ducks, with younger ducks presenting a more severe disease. In order to better understand the pathobiology of H5N1 HPAI in ducks including the role of host responses, 2 and 5-week-old Pekin ducks were infected with three different H5N1 H...

The pharmacokinetics aspects of levofloxacin were studied in healthy and experimentally renal damaged Muscovy ducks after single intravenous (IV) and oral (PO) dose of 10 mg kg(-1) bwt. Following IV administration, elimination half-life (t 1/2( β )) and mean residence time (MRT) were longer in renal damaged ducks than in healthy ones. Total clearance (Cltot) in renal damaged ducks (0.20 L kg(-1...

Hossein EBRAHIMI*, Shaban RAHIMI, Pejvak KHAKI, Jesse L. GRIMES, Sophia KATHARIOU Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Department of Microbiology and Leptospira Reference Laboratory, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Prestage Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina Sta...