abstrac effects of stress due to transportation on the common carp (cyprinus carpio) broodstock from ponds to the hatcheries in three intervals include immediately after the catching, 2 hours for transfer and 24 hours after transportation on changes in levels of cortisol, glucose, sex steroids (testosterone and estradiol) and blood factors were analyzed with sampling from 30 broodstock. results...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency is the most common preventable nutrition problem in developing countries. Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have been conducted to determine the effectiveness of various iron dosing schemes in multiple settings. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine whether enough is known about iron metabolism to predict hemoglobin and serum ferritin (SF) concentrations ...

A 75 days feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary supplementation of multi-strain (Bacillus sp.) probiotic (22×109 CFU/g) on growth and hematological parameters of Barbonymus gonionotus. A total 270 uniformed size (length 2.40±0.16 cm and weight 4.25±0.01g) fishes were equally and randomly distributed in nine (three treatments each with three replication) glass aquaria ...

Abstract Background Anemia is one of the most common abnormalities in pediatric medicine. Considerable differences are seen in the peripheral blood indices of infants in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine and compared blood hemoglobin concentration in three sites of sampling in neonate. Materials and Methods 1600 term and preterm new infant in three sites of sampli...

The specific gravity of the red blood cells (normally about 1.10) so greatly exceeds that of t.he plasma that the difference between the gravities of whole blood and plasma can serve as a measure of the cell content of the blood. By assuming a constant hemoglobin concentration in the cells, one can estimate also the blood hemoglobin concentration from the gravity values. The calculation is base...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of intravenous iron to oral iron in the treatment of anemia in pregnancy. METHODS In this randomized open-label study, 90 women with hemoglobin levels between 8 and 10.5 g/dL and ferritin values less than 13 microg/L received either oral iron polymaltose complex (300 mg elemental iron per day) or intravenous iron sucrose. The iron su...

Background: Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder of hemoglobin causing myriad of pathology including anemia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the baseline values of steady state hemoglobin and packed cell volume as a guide to managing the early recognition of hemolytic crises in sickle cell anemia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the sickle cell patients atte...