The objective of this study was to determine the genotypes and allele frequency of polymorphism at position +7605 in exon 4 of the goats lactoferrin gene and to quantify their association with milk production  traits using 50  goats , A 430 bp product of Lactoferrin gene exon4 was amplified and the goats were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method and NlaIII restriction enzyme. The study revealed of SNP (+7605 C/T) in Lactoferrin gene exon4 and Two alleles T and C, were identified in the studied population .

This study was conducted to find out the effect of using treated water with potassium permanganate and chlorine on some hygienic traits of local female rabbits. This experiment was carried out in Farm Animal of veterinary College – Baghdad university lasted from 7^th January up to 6^th April 2016. Twenty eight local female rabbits at age of approximately 2.5-3 months and divided randomly and equally (7 each) into four groups 'body weight was considered" as the following: First group (boiling water group) considered as a (Negative control), second (Tap water group) as a positive control, Third(KMnO4 0.5 ppm), fourth (KMnO4) 1ppm) group. All groups were daily fed on concentrate diet (75 gm/head), all groups we

Common sage (Salvia officinalis L.) is a medicinal plant well known for its pharmacological properties. The current study was tested by the MTT assays to determine the inhibitory of free radical scavenging capacity of natural compounds In vivo, and stimulation of production because its important products in pharmaceutical industry by using different concentrations of methyl jasmonate in callus of  inducted from hypocotyl and cotyledon, with different the solvent of extract. The extraction was carried out at the department of Medical Research- Ministry of Sciences and Technology. The results showed that the explant,

Paddy is one of the most important nutritional crops. In Iraq, it ranks third after wheat and barley, and first as a summer crop regarding the cultivated area and production. This study aimed to analyze the dynamic nature of supply response of paddy and competitive crops (maize and vegetables) in Euphrates basin to the change in price and to the availability of resources (irrigation water) for the period 1980-2015 using seemingly unrelated regression equation (SUR). To accomplish this aim, main factors affecting paddy supply response were determined. These included paddy price, competitive crops price, production risk, irrigation water and dummy variable to find out the impact of

A Field experiment was carried out in the winter season 2015- 2016 in county Rasheed south of Baghdad, In order to Increasing the efficiency of water use of wheat plant by anti-transpiration manufactured compared with commercial anti-transpiration. Gelatin with two concentration 0.5 and 1.5% and pure gelatin with 1.5%, in the growth and yield of wheat Triticum aestivum L. Then Compared to Commercial anti- transpiration armourax, with water stress levels which is used three levels of water depletion: 40, 60 and 80 of available water. The experiment was designed by using RCBD, with the split plot design with three replications. The results

The experiments were conducted at the plant tissue culture lab of the College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad to study the role of some culture medium components on the in vitro production of two cultivars of potato. Explants (tuber sprouts) excised from two cultivars of potato, Burren and Riviera, were surface sterilized with sodium hypochlorite at 1.5% and cultured on basal MS medium to obtain shoots. The obtained shoots were cultured on MS medium supplemented with BA and GA₃ at 0.5 and 0.4 mg.L^-1, respectively for shoot multiplication. Shoots were divided into 2-3 nodal segments and cultured on MS medium to promote microtubers  formation, Shoot segments were cultured on MS medium suppl

Four sweet corn varieties (Zea mays ssp. Saccharata), Gold Rush (v₁) and Chocolate (v₂), originated from Japan and 001(v₃), and 003 (V₄) are France originated, were cultivated under the effect of three different levels of nitrogen fertilization (120, 170and 230 ) kg ha^-1as (N1, N2, and N3) in two different locations in Sulaimani region (Bakrajo and Kanipanka), Iraqi Kurdistan Region in order to investigate the effects of some environmental and climatic factors on growth performance and yield quality of sweet corn varieties in the open field. By using a factorial experiment within RCBD with three replications, the results revealed that indicated to significant differe

This study aimed to recognize the histological structure of retina in the eye of two Iraqi vertebrates, the difference of the class, the environment and the nature of nutrition; Magpie Pica pica, and Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus. The results showed that, the retina of the Magpie is avascular, while retina in Brown Rat is vascular , in both species the retina consists of two main layers: Pigmented epithelium and Neural layer  which composed of nine layers are : Visual cells layer, Outer limiting membrane, External nuclear layer, External plexiform layer, Internal nuclear layer, Internal plexiform layer, Ganglion cell layer, Optic nerve fiber

The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of replacing part of mineral fertilizers, by organic or bio fertilizers and effect of these fertilizers on grain yield and its components of maize (Zea mays L.). Field experiment was conducted at Abu Ghraib Research Station (Baghdad) during spring and fall seasons of 2016 using a randomized complete block design arranged in split plot with three replications .Three synthetic varieties of maize (Fajr 1 ,  Baghdad 3 and Sumer) in the main plots  and nine  fertilizer treatments which were : 100% NPK  as recommended, NPK  +  sulfur, NPK + organic fertilizer, NPK + Bio fertilizer, NPK + Humic acid,50% NPK  + sulfur,50% NPK + orga

This Research was performed to evaluate the efficiency of Biofilm Biofertilizer produced from local isolates of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Rhizobium leguminosarum, with two addition technique include with bentonite as carrier and with liquid inoculant(without carrier) and three levels of chemical fertilizers (zero,25,50)% of recommendation on some growth and yield traits of wheat variety Rashid Biofilm Biofertilizer and chemical fertilizer affect significantly on all growth characters of wheat plant, Bentonite gave the best result compare with liquid inoculant, use of Biofilm Biofertilizer with 50% of the chemical fertilizer recommendation gave highest growth and yield of wheat .The duple Biofilm Biofertilizer of P. fl

This study delts with anatomical characters for the vegetative parts of two species of the family Amaranthaceae in Iraq, Amaranthus albus L. and A.gracilis Defs, as it presents results and characters had been study for the first time in Iraq .The study included epidermis and stomatal complex, the results show that the first species have Anomocytic and Anisocytic type While the other species have Anomocytic and Tetracytic type of stomatal complex,Venation of leaves had been studied also, study included the longitudinal sections of leaves and vertical sections for stems, petioles and roots. Longitudinal sections leaf of Amaranthus gracilis recognized by presence of sandy crystals, Cross sections of petiol

The study was conducted by D.V.P.R at the University of Brothers Mentouri Constantine 1 (Algeria). This anatomical study was conducted to follow-up the formation of wheat Triticum durum Desf. tillers Using tissue sections the manual way in the seed (during germination) and the shoot ( first leaf stage F 1, the second leaf F2, the third leaf F3) and coloring them with the (carmine-green iodine) and then observed with the optical microscope Leica. The results revealed that the shoot apical meristem SAM and the root apical meristem RAM are two of the key parameters that provide embryonic growth cells.  It also does not show this stage

This study was conducted at the poultry farm Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Abu Ghraib, for the period from 19/9/2016 to 30/10 / 2016. (42 days) The object of this study was effect of adding different levels of tamarind pulp (0, 5, 15, 25 g / L ) to the drinking water on productive traits of broiler chicken. A total of 120 unsexed Ross 308, one day old, an initial weight 41.5 g was used in the experiment. Chicks were fed on starter diet for the  first three weeks of age and finisher diet for the 4,5 and 6 weeks of age. Birds were distributed to four treatments, The first T₀ control (without any addition), The second T₅, third T₁₅ and fourth T

Iraq suffers a severe declining catastrophic in water resources; due to disagreement Share water to the neighboring countries Turkey, Syria and Iran. As well as the water policy in Iraq is unclear, the management of Iraq water have no strategic plan to treat the severe decrease in water sources. In this study, adopted eight climatic stations, are available at Iraqi general meteorological organization. The low clouds data 24 observations per day had been taken, from 1975 to 2005. For this purpose, the researchers determined the distribution of the stations and water amount at the Iraq using (GIS) Technique.  It has found the annual average liquid water content calculated from the Low cloud only is 2585742648

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of elastin hydrolysates extracted from bovine skin on the chemical composition and some indicators of oxidation in minced beef stored in refrigeration at a temperature of 2 °C for a period of 12 days. The study included 6 treatments T₁ (without addition), T₂ addition (1000 ppm) of elastin hydrolysates per kg of meat, T₃ addition (500 ppm) of elastin hydrolysates per kg of meat, T₄ addition (1000 ppm) of collagen hydrolysates per kg of meat, T₅ addition (500 ppm) of collagen hydrolysates per kg of meat and T₆ addition of the antioxidant BHA (0.01) per kg of meat. the transactions were

This study was aimed to isolation and phenotypic characterization of P. aeruginosa. 75 carp fish samples were collected from fish farms at Mosul city during (September2021 to January 2022). Each sample was placed separately in sterile plastic bags and transferred directly to the microbiology laboratory under cooling conditions. The API20-20E assay was used to confirm P. aeruginosa isolates. Also the isolates were confirmed molecularly by polymerase chain reaction assay using the primer 16srDNA. Through bacterial isolation were obtained (60) isolates, which formed (36.6, 30, 8.3, 25 )% of each of the skin, gills,  intestines and muscles, respectively. The results showed the sensitivity of P. aeruginosa

The objective of this study was to prepare an adsorbent material from eggshells of chicken banished to the ambient as wastes to satisfy the ecological requirements of sustainable. The preparation process based on the extraction of calcium ions from eggshells and these ions must be reacted with iron to form nanoparticles of (Ca/Fe)-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) which immobilized as Na-alginate beads. Molar ration of calcium to iron, pH and dosage of LDH nanoparticles must be equal to 1, 12 and 5 g/100 mL to ensure that the prepared beads have highest ability to remove of Amoxicillin (AMOX) antibiotic with removal efficiency equal to 32% for operational conditions of Co=100 mg/L, beads dosage=0.5 g/50 mL, speed=

This study was aimed to identify the role of transaction costs and their attributes in the selection of markets for the purchase of agricultural mechanization services in Baghdad province. To achieve this goal, a random sample of 150 wheat and barley farmers in the province was selected, and the data was collected through a questionnaire form prepared for this purpose. The research was based on the transaction cost theory as a modified theoretical framework to explain the farmer's behavior towards choosing installment market channels to buy agricultural machinery and through the analysis of the binary logistic regression model. The results of the regression analysis showed that some elements of transaction cost, such as a privacy

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects zeranol implant on meat quality of Awassi lambs and cross-bred Khalkhali and Abadeh goat kids. Ten ram lambs (33.7 ± 0.5 kg and 4-month-old) and ten male goat kids (18.8 ± 0.7 kg and 4-month-old) were randomly assigned into two treatments (5 each treatment); C (control, 0 mg zeranol) and Z (24 mg zeranol implant) for each species. After 43 days experimental period. The animals were slaughtered, left for 24 hr post-mortem period and Biceps femoris muscle of each species were separated for measuring the proximal composition, TBARS values, cooking loss, drip loss and free fatty acids concentrations. Zeranol implants had significant (P<0.05) effect o

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of swim-up and glass wool as sperm separation techniques with adding vitamin E and superoxide dismutase (SOD) to Tris extender on improving post-cryopreserved total sperm characteristics in straw and freezability percentage for low semen quality of Holstein bulls. Low and good of semen were extended using Tris extender. Good semen quality (GSQ) was divided into 3 groups (L1; Tris extender, L2; 2 mM vitamin E, L3; 200 IU SOD) Low semen quality (LSQ) was divided into two main groups, and subdivided into 3 sub-groups (L4; Tris extender, L5; 2 mM vitamin E, L6; 200 IU SOD). In the second main group, swim-up and glass wool techniques were used with adding vitamin E an

This study aimed to investigate the anti- oxidative  function of catfish collagen hydrolysate in beef minced meat samples through 10 days  storage at 4 o C. Collagen hydrolysate were added to minced meat sample  at two different concentrations (50 & 100 mg/100gm) . The experiment consist from control sample (C without additives) , BHT sample ( B  with 200ppm  butylated hydroxytoluene ) , collagenase hydrolysate samples  C.C.H₁, C.C.H₂ (100&50 mg/100gm minced meat)  respectively, and collagenase-trypsin hydrolysate samples  C.H.T₁ & C.H.T₂ respectively (50,100mg/100gm minced meat). Peroxide values (PV), thiobarbutyric acid TBA, fre

This study was aimed  to evaluate the toxic properties of phenylmethane on internal organs and liver enzymes (Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and Alkaline serum transaminase (AST)changes in mice. Thirty albino mice randomly divided equally into 2 groups, each group contains (15) animals as following: 1^st group was administrated orally (0.2 mg / kg B.w) of  Phenylmethane daily for (8)weeks, 2^nd group was considered as negative control group. Finally all animals euthanized and sample of blood were taken for biochemical examination and his

There is so little information available in Iraq about genetic variability in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), so current study aimed to use six tandem repeat loci of multilocus variable number tandem repeat (MLVA) typing to discriminate among MRSA, so to achieve the aim of this study, six loci, clfA, clfB, sdrC, spa, sspa and sav1078 were selected for multiplex PCR. The PCR product were subjected to capillary electrophoresis by using ABI-Genetic analyzer, then the data were analyzed by using GeneMapper™ Software 5. Fragment sizes were converted into repeats number. The total number of repeats are used to generate allelic profile. The allelic prof

 The current study was aimed to synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) using aqueous extract of olive leaves (OLE), which is very simple and eco-friendly method. ZnONPs were formed by dissolving of OLE in zinc oxide solution with adjusted pH to 12. Zinc acetate dehydrate reduced to ZnONPs during mixing with OLE associated with change of the color solution from white to pale yellow color within a few minutes. The synthesized OLEZnONPs were separated by centrifugation (4000rpm/ 5min) , then characterized by Fourier Transmission Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Field emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) methods. The results of FT-IR sh

This study was aimed to determine the composition of essential oil contained in Viola odorata flowers and leaves. As well as assessing the cytotoxic effects of this oil on cancer cells and its antioxidant properties. A GC-Mass analysis was conducted to reveal essential oil components in flowers and leaves. For testing the antioxidant capacity of flowers and leaves oil, DPPH (1,1 Dyphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl), resazurin dye, and hydroxyl were used. An in vitro study was conducted using lung cancer (A549) and breast normal (MCF-10) cell lines with concentrations of 25, 50, 100, 200, and 300 µl/ml of V. odorata L. essential oil.   According to the results, essential oils de

Both chitin and deacylated form of chitosan are considered the second most biopolymer available in nature after cellulose. Chitin and chitosan have an economic value related to their industrial, biological and biomedical applications. In this study, chitin was extracted from of Iraqi carp fish scales (Cyprinus carpio L.) and then deacylated into the chitosan. The obtained samples have been distinguished through Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA).  The FTIR analysis for chitin showed the characteristic spectra at 1541 cm^-1 and 1647 cm^-1 associated to N-H bending vibration and C=O stretching vibration respectively. Thus, the FTIR spectra of chito

This research aimed to determine the level of training knowledge needed for barley growers to manage their crop at Al-shihimiya Township –Alswira Town -Wasit Governorate.The training knowledge needed aimed to cover all crop management axes which included land preparation, date of seeding fertilizer and pesticides application, irrigation and harvest, to recognize the most important problems faced by barley growers during growing period. To archive that goal a randomized sample was taken 5% from the growers' population 2126 (i.e. the sample size was 106 growers). The statistical analysis covered 100 growers and data collected through questionnaires sheet .This sheet included two parts: 1st one aimed to test the training knowledge

 A laboratory experiment was carried out to study the effect of unbaked soil  and baked soil  burned  at 400⁰C and 900⁰C as filters to remove some  heavy metals (Mn,Cu,Pb,Cd) from three water sources (waste water, Shatt al-Arab and Shatt al-Basra) at four periods (0 , 1/2 , 1, 24 hours. Concentrations of these heavy metals were estimated  before and after passing through these  filters , and removal efficiency was calculated . The results showed that baked soil  at  900⁰C had the highest removal efficiency  compared with that of 400⁰C and without baking.  Filtration at 24 hours was the best among other studied periods. The highest r

A trial was conducted to study the effects of probiotic (Miaclost) supplement on experimentally induced hypocalcemic rickets in broiler chicks, a total of 180 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly divided into three equal groups 60 chicks per group with 3 replicates (20 birds /replicate) the dietary treatments consisted of a normal ration for G1, calcium-deficient ration 5% for G2 and calcium-deficient ration with addition of probiotics in drinking water for G3.Initial signs of rickets have been observed at 35-day of age in G2.while, in G1 and G3 no clinical signs observed, the gross lesions appeared enlargement of parathyroid gland, costochondral junction and increase in the width

There is growing interest among farmers to locally produce high protein and strong gluten wheat that is suitable for bread making and meet the demand of local artisanal bakers in Kentucky. The warm and humid weather in southeast region is ideal for soft red winter wheat (SRW) production which characterized by low protein content. The technique of splitting nitrogen (N) fertilization according to the growth stages has been suggested to improve protein content and its composition. This study evaluated the effect of split N application on yield and baking quality traits of two SRW wheat cultivars grown in the eastern U.S. region in conventional and organic cropping systems. One landrace (Purple Straw) and one modern cultivar (Pembro