background: propolis, a honeybee product, has been used empirically for centuries and was always mentioned as an immunomodulatory. objectives: in this study, the effects of propolis on growth indices, innate immune responses and haematological parameters of barbus barbulus were investigated. methods: three hundred and sixty juvenile barbus barbulus, weighing 102±8.2g were randomly divided into ...

BACKGROUND Human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment has been known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of some diseases. Photocopying machines have become a cheap source of self-employment in Nigeria. For obvious reasons the highest level of patronage is encountered in the campuses of educational institutions. However, the persons who operate the machines are always e...

Early diagnosis of neonatal septicemia is difficult due to lack of specific clinical and laboratory findings. Blood culture is considered gold standard for the diagnosis, but is very time consuming. Hence most of the paediatricians administer antibiotics at the least suspicion of sepsis. To overcome this, several rapid haematological tests have been evaluated for their usefulness in rapid diagn...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Dengue virus (DV) has caused severe epidemics of dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and is endemic all over India. We have earlier reported that exposure of mice to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] compounds increased the severity of dengue virus infection. Trivalent chromium picolinate (CrP) is used worldwide as micronutrient and nutritional supplement. Th...

in the course of the present study, samples were taken from the non-defoliant strain of verticillium dahliae (ss-4) from infected olive groves in toshan area in southern gorgan. root-knot nematode, meloidogyne javanica, was recovered from infested olive seedlings and after identification was reaned on tomato seedlings cv. rutgers. during the study, one-year-old seedlings of olive cultivars zard...

Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder, is characterized by hyperglycemia and altered metabolism. The administration of D-Nil plus (a polyherbal drug) showed effective treatment for alloxan induced diabetes in rats. In diabetic rats, haematological profiles namely RBC, WBC, platlet count and haemoglobin were decreased whereas ESR was increased. Similarly biochemical parameters creatinine, urea...