Pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) is a metabolic disorder in fast-growing broilers. Inconsistency of oxygen requirement and the cardiovascular ability make the birds susceptible to ascites. Incidence of ascites was accompanied by right ventricular hypertrophy, fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity and finally mortality. The objective of the current study was to review the genetic b...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate if L-arginine: NO pathway is activated in tumor tissues during IL-2 therapy and to evaluate whether IL-2 induced NO synthesis represents an antitumor effector mechanism or an inhibitory factor against therapeutic effects of IL-2. METHODS Four groups [untreated control, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (MLA) therapy only, IL-2 therapy only, IL-2/MLA therapy groups] of BALB/c mic...

this is a letter to editor.There is growing interest in the health benefits of botanical diuretics. (1-2) ‎Avicenna (980-1037 AD), the foremost Iranian physician,‎‏ ‏introduced ‎numerous herbs as diuretics in his renowned book of Canon of Medicine. (3)‎Avicenna and his followers have recommended herbal diuretics for most ‎ailments accompanied by fluid superabundance like lassitude, oedema, and ...

Bacterial infections are common in patients with nephrotic syndrome, including peritonitis, sepsis, meningitis, urinary tract infection, and cellulitis. An 8-year-old boy presented with colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, swollen and painful erythematous lesions around the umbilicus and in anterior surface of left thigh (cellulitis), mild generalized edema, and ascites. The microorganism isolated...

Foetal ascites is seen as an occasional cause of dystocia in farm animals. Two cases of dystocia due to fetal ascites in buffaloes (5 and 8 years old) were presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Pantnagar. The animals had completed gestation and the waterbags came normally but parturition did not progress. The animals had been straining since the previous day, and both hind limbs were o...

Idiopathic rupture of the urinary bladder is an uncommon condition and represents less than 1% of all bladder rupture cases. In most of the cases the main etiological factor was heavy alcohol ingestion. A combined injury of the spleen and bladder is a very rare condition that is almost often associated with trauma and foreign bodies. In this paper we present the extremely rare clinical course o...