T. SIVARUBAN, S. BARATHY, M. ARUNACHALAM, K. VENKATARAMAN & K.G. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN 1Department of Zoology, The American College (Autonomous), Madurai-625 002, India 2Department of Zoology, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai-625 011, India 3Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi 627 412, India 4Department of Zoology, Madras Chris...

The bias against mangrove areas in siting fish farms prompted a comparison of the cost structure and yield performance in upland and mangrove locations. Tools utilized included descriptive statistics, budgetary and cash flow analyses and profitability ratios. Empirical results revealed that substantial revenue could be realized from both farms. While the upland farms yielded average gross reven...

In recent years, extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) producing bacteria have been found in livestock, mainly as asymptomatic colonizers. The zoonotic risk for people working in close contact to animal husbandry has still not been completely assessed. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of ESBL-producing Escherichia spp. in livestock animals and workers to determine the potential risk fo...

A novel quantitative PCR (qPCR) for Giardia at the glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) locus was developed and validated. The qPCR was used to screen a total of 3412 lamb faecal samples collected from approximately 1189 lambs at three sampling periods (weaning, post-weaning and pre-slaughter) from eight farms across South Australia (SA), New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (Vic) and Western Australia (WA...

Chickens were immunized subcutaneously with an Eimeria recombinant profilin protein plus Montanide™ ISA 70 VG (ISA 70) or Montanide™ ISA 71 VG (ISA 71) water-in-oil adjuvants, or with profilin alone, and comparative RNA microarray hybridizations were performed to ascertain global transcriptome changes induced by profilin/ISA 70 vs. profilin alone and by profilin/ISA 71 vs. profilin alone. While...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a causative agent for hepatitis. HEV is transmitted via the fecal-oral route through contaminated drinking water and induces zoonotic infections through eating uncooked and undercooked meat of deer, wild boar, and swine. In Japan, genotypes 3 (G3) and 4 (G4) are prevalent in domestic swine. Here, we examined the genetic variation among HEVs derived from swine fecal sa...

and masculinizing effects are seen, the former being greater than the latter. The significance of these findings remains for future study.5 1 Willier, B. H., Gallagher, T. F., and Koch, F. C., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 21, 625-631 (1935). 2 Willier, B. H., Gallagher, T. F., and Koch, F. C., Physiol. Zool., 10, 101-122. 3 Wolff, E., and Wolff, Em., C. R. Soc. Biol., 123, 1191-1193. 4 Wolff, E., and...

1 2 3 Mechanisms and Distribution of Ion Channels in Retinal Ganglion Cells : 4 Using Temperature as an Independent Variable 5 6 7 Jürgen F. Fohlmeister , Ethan D. Cohen , Eric A. Newman 3 8 9 10 11 1 Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology 12 University of Minnesota 13 Minneapolis, MN 14 15 2 Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories 16 Center for Devices and Radiologic Health; F...

Commercial flocks infected by Eimeria species parasites, including Eimeria maxima, have an increased risk of developing clinical or subclinical coccidiosis; an intestinal enteritis associated with increased mortality rates in poultry. Currently, infection control is largely based on chemotherapy or live vaccines; however, drug resistance is common and vaccines are relatively expensive. The deve...