The objective was to monitor sperm counts and bacterial presence on randomly pooled semen doses over 3y and to determine effects on the farrowing rate and total born in two large farm systems, each serviced by their own boar stud. Sperm counts were divided into increments of 0.5x10(9) for data analysis. There was no effect of sperm count or the presence of bacteria on farrowing rate (n=9502 obs...

background: biofilm infections are a major challenge in medical practice. bacteria that live in a biofilm phenotype are more resistant to both antimicrobial therapy and host immune responses compared to their planktonic counterparts. so, there is need for new therapeutic strategies to combat these infections. a promising approach [known as photodynamic inactivation (pdi)] to kill bacteria growi...

Listeria species lead to mastitis infection in cows. The aerobic mesophilic bacteria count (total count) is one of the most important factors affecting udder health and determining milk quality. aim this study was determine count, cow's quality, presence antibiotic resistance profiles spp., causing As a result isolation identification for totally 3 L. monocytogenes (n: 68, 4.41%), 7 innocua 10....

Chicory plant (Cichorium intybus) belongs to Asteraceae family and contains flavonoids. This research carried out in order to evaluate the effect of chicory plant on the activities of bifidobacterium bifidum and lactobacillus acidophilus. Four containers containing a liter of 1.5 % sterilized skim milk were selected as four group in order to produce milk cont...

Background & Aims of the Study : Consumption of honey has remarkably increased in the last years all over the world. Factors such as plant species, environmental, processing, and storing condition are affecting honey quality. The purpose of this study was to evaluation of Hygienic quality of honey samples produced from Qazvin province. Materials and Methods: 34 fresh honey Samples were obta...

introduction: essential oils are used as flavoring agents in various foods. layer-by-layer (lbl) technique is a method in which the material is dipped into a series of different solutions containing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. the aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a multilayered edible coating with an antimicrobial compound (lemon and peppermint) in enhancing the...

In this study, nine male Dallagh sheep (initial weight 35±2 kg) were used in a replicated 3 × 3 latin square design experiment with three treatments and three 21-day periods (14 d adaptation, 7 d collection). Treatments were control (without addition) and two treatment diets containing 10% dry matter Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) and Urtica dioica (nettle) powder. The dry matt...