The prevalence of streptogramin resistance genes in enterococci recovered from retail poultry in the Greater Washington DC area was examined. Forty-three chicken and 32 turkey retail samples were analysed. Thirty-one non-Enterococcus faecalis enterococcal strains were isolated that displayed MICs of quinupristin-dalfopristin and virginiamycin of > or = 4 mg/L. These included Enterococcus faeciu...

The Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species recorded from Turkey are listed, the present total number being 195. Changes with respect to the previous Turkish fauna are briefly annotated and the distributions for all the species in each of the 68 biogeographical provinces are presented. After the publication of our previous fauna, 173 species have been recorded as new to Turkey. Of these, 9...

Breast and leg meat patties, prepared from turkeys fed diets containing 25, 200, 400 or 600 IU of dl-a-tocopheryl acetate (TA) per kg diet, were irradiated at 0 or 2.5 kGy with vacuum or loose packaging. The effects of dietary TA on storage stability and production of volatiles in irradiated raw turkey meat were determined. Dietary TA at . 200 IU/kg decreased lipid oxidation and reduced total v...

Representing the co-authors’ academic and practitioner background, this chapter provides the most-upto-date information for an ongoing work on citizen-oriented e-government initiatives. The purpose of this work follows the importance, priority, and necessity of paying attention to citizen side, and aims to improve understanding and better address the citizen demands and expectations towards e-g...

The effects of double packaging on lipid oxidation, color, and volatile production were determined to establish a modified packaging method to improve quality changes in irradiated raw turkey meat. Sliced raw turkey breast and thigh meats were aerobically, vacuum- or double (vacuum and aerobic)-packaged, electron beam irradiated at 2.5 kGy, and then stored under refrigerated temperature. For th...

We investigated the inhibition of Clostridium perfringens spore germination and outgrowth by the biopolymer chitosan during abusive chilling of cooked ground beef (25% fat) and turkey (7% fat) obtained from a retail store. Chitosan was mixed into the thawed beef or turkey at concentrations of 0.5%, 1.0%, 2.0%, or 3.0% (w/w) along with a heat-activated 3-strain spore cocktail to obtain a final s...

1Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Pisa, Italy; 3Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Centers, Ein Kerem, Israel; 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Rosaria Talarico, MD Luisa Marconcini, Managing ...

The emission of microorganisms, especially resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), from poultry farms is of public interest, and its occurrence and relevance are controversially discussed. So far, there are limited data on this issue. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of livestock-associated (LA)-MRSA inside and outside previously tested MRSA-p...

The efficacy of the pleuromutilin derivative 81.723 hfu was tested in chicks and turkey poults by experimentally infecting them with Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The data were treated to obtain the mean effective doses, and these were compared to those obtained with tylosin tartrate. The compounds were administered either by ingluvial catheter or via the drinking water. Therapy was started on the ...

In the European Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting 2016, supplement to the January 2017 compendium of PRS Global Open, one of the abstracts was published with an incorrect author byline. In the abstract by Özkan et al. (11.10 Effect Of Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction On Random Pattern Flap Viability In Rats With Diabetes And Chronic Renal Disease: An Experimental Study. Plast Reconstr S...