BACKGROUND Loss and fragmentation of Neotropical primates' habitat can alter the health and individual adaptation. Physiological parameters reflect health status and individuals responses to the habitat conditions. METHODS We captured six wild adult females and six adult males of Alouatta pigra to evaluate their physical condition (body mass, respiratory and heart rate, and rectal temperature...

Hematology and serum chemistry values were obtained from 28 male and 22 female stray dogs in Chittagong Metropolitan area, Bangladesh. The goal of the study was to establish reference value for hematology and serum chemistry for these semi wild animals in relation to age, sex, reproductive stage and body condition. No significant differences were found for mean values of hemoglobin, packed cell...

Metronidazole is an antibiotic which is widely used in the treatment of parasitic diseases. Several studies have reported its tumorigenic, mutagenic and antimicrobial effects, but there is a dearth of information on its effect on blood chemistry. This study was designed to investigate its effect on haematological parameters in male albino rats. Treatment of rats for 25 days with 400 mg/kg BW of...

The one-pot synthesis of a target molecule in the same reaction vessel is widely considered to be an efficient approach in synthetic organic chemistry. In this review, the characteristics and limitations of various one-pot syntheses of biologically active molecules are explained, primarily involving organocatalytic methods as key tactics. Besides catalysis, the pot-economy concepts presented he...

saeed baghery was born in amol/mazandaran (iran) in 1985. he completed his b.sc. in pure chemistry in 2009 from islamic azad university of amol, mazandaran, iran. he was graduated from m.sc. degree under the supervision of dr. seyed mohammad vahdat in organic chemistry from islamic azad university of amol, mazandaran, iran. he is currently organic chemistry ph.d student under the supervision of...

The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is the most endangered aquatic mammal in Brazil. Sampling blood data from such critically endangered marine mammal species is extremely challenging. Although several hematological studies have been developed for captive manatees, captivity studies addressing the environmental and physiological effects on blood values are scarce. The present wor...

1. Should Brfinsted-Lowry's acid-base definitions be adopted or should the term acid-base balance be synonymous with the term electrolyte balance? 2. Are the relevant parameters pH, Pcoz and actual bicarbonate, or is it preferable to have a more direct measure for the accumulation of nonvolatile acid or base than the bicarbonate value, such as, for instance, standard bicarbonate, buffer base, o...

Blood chemistry is commonly used to explore the dynamics of health in captive animals in biomedical facilities. Yet, studies of blood serum chemistry in teleost fish are almost nonexistent (1). Such information would be beneficial in determining the baseline health and physiology of captive animals. Physiological assays would allow pre-screening of experimental subjects and decrease the loss of...

During the febrile stages of most acute infections both the total and the nitrogen metabolisms are found to be considerably altered. These, under ordinaryconditions of feeding, usually result in negative nitrogen balances and a breakdown of proteins attributed to the combined effect of increased calorie expenditure and to the destruction of the tissues. The ' toxic destruction of proteins' appe...

The CO(2) capacity of the serum is markedly lowered early in infection with Trypanosoma equiperdum. The non-protein nitrogen and uric acid constituents of the blood are increased in the terminal stages. The kidneys also show terminal degenerative changes. The cholesterol remains unchanged throughout. Lecithin is markedly increased, most of the observations showing a 20 per cent to 50 per cent r...