background : staphylococcus aureus strains exhibiting multiple antibiotic resistances are isolated from most communities and hospital infections. treatment of patients with these infections has been difficult. the aim of this study was to detect and extract, the egg yolk immunoglobulin y as a potential source of anti- s. aureus antibody. methods : specific igy was produced by immunizing hens wi...

the effect of genotype and sex of nigerian indigenous chickens (dwarf, fulani ecotypes, neck, frizzle and normal feathered) on blood serum electrolytes and biochemical parameters were investigated using 40 chickens. the collected data were subjected to analysis via a 2 way anova. the results revealed serum levels of sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, total protein, creatinin, albu...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (hp), serum amyloid a (saa) and igg, iga in calves with diarrhea caused by rotavirus, coronavirus, escherichia coli f5 and eimeria species. the experiment was carried out on 40 diarrhoeic and 10 non-diarrhoeic calves (group c). a total of 13 calves were infected with rotavirus or coronavirus (group ...

acute coronary syndrome is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. for prompt diagnosis and management of this disease, several biomarkers have been utilized. recently microrna which are suggestive of tissue damage and some are cardiospecific are paid special attention and might help in dearly diagnosis of this disease and furthermore help in preventing the resultant mortality. in this review...

abstractantioxidants are effective in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. lavandula officinalis possesses antioxidant activity, therefore, in this study, the effects of lavandula officinalis extract were investigated on serum lipids levels of rats. experimental mature male wistar rats were treated with 100, 200 or 400 mg/kg/day of lavender ethanolic extract or distilled water f...

background & aim: this experiment was conducted to examine the effect of different levels of echinacea purpurea (ep) in comparison with an antibiotic (flavofosfolipol) on total antioxidant activity (aoa) in serum of broiler chicks. experimental: in this trial 240 one-day-old broiler chicks (ross 308) were weighed and randomly assigned to the 5 treatment groups, each with 4 replicates with 1...

Background: Alopecia Areate (AA) is a recurrent non-scarring patchy hair loss of autoimmune origin in a genetically susceptible individual although environmental factors may be contributory. The aim of this study is to evaluate serum iron and ferritin levels in patients with AA. Methods: Fifty patients of AA and 50 age and sex matched control subjects without any hair loss were studied. Results...

isolation of cell free fetal dna (cffdna) from maternal serum usually leads to very low concentrations of dna impeding further resolving through conventional methods of electrophoresis. although several protocols have been described for capillary electrophoresis (ce) of double stranded dna, they usually need using special polymers or coated capillaries which degrade over time. herein, we propos...

introduction: prostate specific antigen (psa) is one of the most sensitive markers for diagnosis of prostate cancer. immunoradiometric kit (irma) is a common and sensitive method for determination of psa in clinical laboratories. this kit has four major components: solid phase coated with monocolonal antibody, pair antibody labelled with i-125, series of standards in different ranges of concent...

to evaluate the changes of abr values in hyperbilirubinemic newborns, 85 cases with severe jaundice (total bilirubin levels over 16 mg/dl and direct bilirubin less than 2 mg/dl) were selected from those admitted to children's medical center by simple sampling method. these infants had no other problem except jaundice. abr was taken before treatment in all cases and in some (10 cases) after...