this study was conducted because of influence of prebiotics (alphamune) and symbiotic (biomin) on histometrical development of small intestine and lymphatic tissue of caecal tonsil have been not reported on broiler chicken. in this study, different parts of small intestine and caecal tonsil, which is a major area of gut associated lymphatic tissue (galt) in chicken were selected. one hundred an...

listeria monocytogenes can be found throughout the environment and in many foods. it is associated primarily with meat and animal products. listeria monocytogenes has become increasingly important as a food-borne pathogen. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of microwave (mw) treatment of chicken meat samples which were inoculated with l. monocytogenes. drumettes of broiler carcass...

mycoplasma gallisepticum is the most important and infectious mycoplasmosis. it is caused lots of economic losses for poultry's industry of iran. the target of this study is comparison of culture and nested pcr techniques to detect mycoplasma gallisepticum infection of chicken’s from industrial farms in kerman province of iran. 88 isolates received from industrial farms of kerman province of ir...

tumor necrosis factor- α (tnf-α) plays an important role in diverse cellular events such as septic shock, induction of other cytokines, cell proliferation and apoptosis. tumor necrosis factor (tnf)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (trail) is currently attracting great interest as a potential anticancer drug. trail could selectively induce apoptosis in tumor cells in vitro and in vivo by a deat...

The current study was undertaken to acquire data on contamination of chicken parts with Salmonella at retail and to acquire data on cross-contamination of cooked chicken with Salmonella from raw chicken during meal preparation. Whole raw chickens (n = 31) were obtained from local retail stores and cut into two wings, two breasts without skin or bones, two thighs, and two drumsticks. Data for c...

The use of organic acids in the diet animals is potentially beneficial for maintaining intestinal hemostasis and controlling growth pathogenic bacteria. objective this study was to experiment with as additives antibiotics used by farmers. A total 490 broilers were studied divided into 5 lots 98 subjects. experimental core consisted Fysal, Fysal-Selko, Selko, Patheryl (reference antibiotic) Cont...

This study was performed to evaluate the effects of chicken breast meat on the quality of mackerel sausages. The mackerel sausages were manufactured by additions of 5%, 7%, and 10% of chicken breast meat. The lightness of mackerel sausages showed no significant differences between the control and addition groups. The redness increased in a dose-dependent manner, but the yellowness decreased sig...

Excessive accumulation of lipids in the adipose tissue is one of the main problems faced by the broiler industry nowadays. In chicken, lipogenesis occurs essentially in the liver, in which much of the triglycerides that accumulate in avian adipose tissue are synthesized. In order to better understand the gene expression and its regulation in chicken liver, the gene expression profiles of liver ...

this study aimed to evaluate the clinical, histopathological and hematological effects of mesobuthus eupeus venom on chicken organs. adult chickens were subcutaneously injected with five doses of m. eupeus venom (0.5, 2, 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg; four chickens per each dose). symptoms were recorded during the experiment and blood samples were collected for hematological analysis. moreover, a complete...

toxic effects of malathion and endosulfan to fertile chicken eggs were determined. in-jection of 1.25, 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 mg/egg of malathion into yolk sac of fertile eggs prior to incubation caused mortality of 10.0, 30.0, 83.33 and 93.33% respectively. similar trend was observed with injection of endosulfan doses. malathion and endosulfan at 1.25 mg/egg caused no pronounced ld50 increase in mo...