OBJECTIVE Overweight and obesity are common health problems among adolescents. This study was set up to evaluate these problems and certain socio-demographic-related factors among three ethnic groups as represented by primary school children in northern Iran in 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study performed on 7433 students (Fars-native=3268, Turkman=28...

To increase plumage color uniformity and understand the genetic background of Korean chickens, we performed a genome-wide association study of different plumage color in Korean native chickens. We analyzed 60K SNP chips on 279 chickens with GEMMA methods for GWAS and estimated the genetic heritability for plumage color. The estimated heritability suggests that plumage coloration is a polygenic ...

background and objectives: poultry are more susceptible to receiving and spreading of fungal infections in exact condi- tions. the goal of this study was to identify the normal fungal flora and dermatophytes agent of the combs and wattles of adult native chickens in tehran, iran. materials and methods: a total of 150 combs and wattles samples were collected by skin scraping or brushing of the m...

Efforts that can be made to improve the performance of native chickens are by crossing them with Bangkok chickens. This study aims determine growth body weight from cross-breeding between Kampung chicken and chicken. As many as 30 male chicks a cross were used in this study. The crosses rooster chicks. DOC female was 35.22 ± 0.96 grams. There significant increase starting at age 5 weeks 8 age, ...

This study recorded the rate of congenital malformations in 10000 births at a referral hospital in Gorgan, Islamic Republic of Iran in 1998-99. The overall incidence of congenital malformations was 1.01% (1.19% in males and 0.76% in females). Anomalies of the musculoskeletal system had the highest incidence (0.38%), followed by central nervous system (0.28%) and genitourinary system (0.25%). Th...

Vaccination against H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in endemically affected areas is a potentially attractive option for local prevention and control. In Indonesia the majority of local outbreaks have occurred in back yard flocks with native chickens, and it is therefore of interest to determine whether these birds can be protected against infection by vaccination. To this end two transm...