The present study was undertaken to search out thebeneficial effect of magnetized water on serumantioxidant, lipid profile and total protein of adult male rabbits. Twenty adult male rabbits were randomly divided into two equal groups and were treated daily for 60 days as follows:Group C:Rabbits of this group were allowed to ad libitumsupplyofdrinking water (control group),Group MG:Rabbits of this group were allowed to ad libitum supply of magnetic water.Fasting blood (for 8-12 hrs) samples were drawn by cardiac puncture technique at different times 0, 30 and 60 days of experiment for measuring the following parameters. Serum glutathione concentration (GSH), lipid profile including serum triacylglycerol (TAG), total cholesterol - (TC), hi

This study was conducted to extract and titrate the leukotoxin of Fusobacterium
necrophorum isolates recovered from 75abscesses found in 24 livers of slaughtered cattle in
Sulaimaniyah region. The culture supernatants of these isolates were subjected to the
tetrazolium dye reduction test which revealed that the leukotoxin titer values of 34 F.
necrophorum subsp. necrophorum isolates ranged from 128 to 1024 (with a leukotoxin titer
mean of 516±46), whereas the leukotoxin titer values of the 11 F. necrophorum subsp.
funduliforme isolates ranged from 0 to 128 (with a leukotoxin titer mean of 73±12).

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral zoonotic disease with a high
mortality rate in humans. CCHF is caused by genus Nairovirus, in family of Bunyaviridae,
and is transmitted to humans through the bite of ticks Hyalomma spp or contact with blood or
tissues of CCHF patients or infected livestock.
The total numbers of positive patients to CCHF virus was 11 out of 44 suspected samples
were examined from eight provinces during the period from January to December 2010 . The
way of transmission is due to contact with blood and tissues of infected animals, and one
patient slaughtered sheep in his house. ELISA was used to detect Crimean-Congo
hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) in hu

The developmental study of supraoccipital bone has been done in the rabbit fetuses, which including detection the timing primary appearance and pattern of ossification by using double staining method as well as, histological study which squired for each stages of present study. The double staining technique which are furthering by histological examination for each age, showed the supraoccipital bone was ossify by intramembranous method. The results showed that the primary ossification centers of supraoccipital appeared firstly at(22) day of gestation, and showed direct red staining, at(24) day of gestation, these centers become fused. The supraoccipital bone appear its completely intramembranous ossification at (30) day of gestation and

The seminiferous epithelium of the testes of cat consists of two groups of cells; Spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells. The interstitial areas are filled with Leydic cells, blood and lymph vessels, and connective tissue. Germ cells in the Spermatogenic process of the testis of cat can be classified into ten steps, based on the pattern degree of nuclear chromatin condensation. Primary spermatogonia contain large spherical nuclei with mostly euchromatin. Spermatogonia proliferate to give rise to spermatogonia type –A; Intermediate or type-I spermatogonia, and spermatogonia type-B. Type–B spermatogonia yield primary spermatocyte at the end of mitosis. The primary spermatocyte is transformed into secondary spermatocyte during meiosis I.

The present study aimed to identify the efficacy of Brucella melitensis vaccine strain Rev 1 in induction of antibodies by different doses and routes of administration; also to obtain the specificity of the serological tests, the study included 28 ewes divided into four equal groups . the animals of first and second groups vaccinated subcutaneously with 2×109 and 2×107 colony forming units (CFU) respectively while the animals of third and fourth groups vaccinated conjunctively with 2×109 and 2×107 CFU respectively . The sera were collected at zero time, 2, 4, 8, 16, 20, 24 and 28 weeks of the experiment and the antibodies response were evaluated using classical tests ( Rose Bengal, serum agglutination and 2-mercaptoethanol tests ) co

The objective of this study was to determine the clinical effects of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) by romifidine 0.1mg/kg as a premedication and anesthesia by intravenous injection of a mixture of midazolam 0.1 mg/kg and ketamine hydrochloride 2.2 mg/kg in the ten health She donkeys. The maintenance of anesthesia was performed by intravenous infusion of a mixture of the midazolam 0.065mg/kg/hrs and ketamine 6.6mg/kg /hrs prepared in 500ml normal saline. Data were collected just before intravenous administration of premedication (control data) and after the administration of anesthetics drugs at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes. The clinical parameters measured included: Anesthetic Parameter (induction, anesthetic time a

The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of Ochratoxin A (OTA) on the serum activity of AST, ALT and ALP, Glutathione (GSH) and liver, kidney and spleen histopathology .Twenty male rats divided equally into three treated groups dosed orally and daily with OTA doses (70, 140 and 210 μg/kg) for 20 day representing T1, T2 and T3 groups and the fourth group dosed daily with distilled water considered as control one. Biochemical result showed elevation in AST and ALT activity and decrease in ALP enzyme activity and GSH serum concentration of treated serum groups at 10 and 20 days of exposure to ochratoxin A these changes positively were proportional with increase OTA doses (dose dependent). Histopathological changes were

The effect of 1% methylene blue solution was investigated in this experimental trial for prevention and/or reduction of intra-abdominal adhesion formation, following induction of conventional laparotomy, by postmortem and histopathological confirmations, in a rabbit model. Twenty adult, male, local breed rabbits were used in the study. They were allocated randomly and equally into 2 groups; Control group (CG) and Treatment group (TG). All were subjected to mid-ventral conventional laparotomy under the effect of general anesthesia, and the ascending colon was exteriorized and its serosal and subserosal layers were mechanically abraded by a dry sterile soft toothbrush. In TG, 2ml of sterile 1% methylene blue was applied intrapretonially pr

Pyloromyotomy is a procedure to increase the diameter of pyloric region, routinely performed during pyloric stenosis to prevent delayed emptying of stomach content. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pyloromyotomy by conventional and laparoscopic techniques. Ten adult healthy dogs were used. Five animals underwent the pyloromyotomy by conventional and the same number laparoscopic technique. The clinical radiological and laparoscopic results of two techniques revealed that both were successive for achieved this purpose, but the laparoscopic pyloromoytomy characterized by small abdominal incision minimal adhesion and rapid healing.

The objective of this study is the identification of inorganic elements in egg shell of some wild birds including House Sparrow, White- eared Bulbul, Collared Dove and Rock Dove. Samples of eggs from these birds were collected from Baghdad city during 2011. Egg shell were analysed for ash, macro-elements and micro- elements including Ca, P, Mg, Fe, K, Mn, B, Zn, Co, Cr and Pb. The findings revealed that the ash percentage was high in egg shell of all birds under study which were consecutively 1.73, 1.72, 1.79 and 1.78 % for House Sparrow, White- eared Bulbul, Collared Dove and Rock Dove, Ca percentage was the highest percentage among the other elements which were 97.3, 97.4, 97.8 and 97.8 % respectively, where as P and Mg were ranging be

The goal of this study was to isolate and characterize a complete set of phages that are
active against Escherichia coliserogroups O1, O2, and O78, the main causative agents of
avian colibacillosis. A mixture of E.coli (O1:K1), (O2:K1), and (O78:K80) used as host to
isolate phages from wastewater and fecal samples from poultry processing plants. Eleven
phages were isolated, only two of them EC-NJ4 and EC-NJ7 were selected for further
characterization. EC-NJ4 and EC-NJ7 had icosaheadral heads, necks and contractile tails,
with tail fibers and therefore belonged to Myoviridae, with genome sizes of 67.06 – 68.04 kb
and they lysed 100% of serotype O1, O2, and O78. The two phages were resistant to pH 5-9,
and phage E

Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) is a food additive commonly consumed as a flavor enhancer. However, both animal models and human clinical reports have established its harmful effects. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of MSG consumption on some hematological parameters and histological sections of brain, small intestine, liver and testis tissues of Swiss Albino mice. Albino mice (n=15) of average weight 27.4gm were randomly assigned into three groups A, B and C in each group (n=5). Treatment groups (A & B) were given 3g and 6g per Kg of body weight of MSG (amount of MSG in a single sachet consumed by human is 3g) respectively. The mice were sacrificed on day fifteenth of the experiment. Brain, small intestine, liver and t

The present study was carried out to investigate the protective role of date palm pollen
aqueous suspension against the toxic effects of carbon tetrachlorideon liver function in adult
male rats by studying the following parameters,estimation of ALP, AST, ALT enzymes
activity, totalserum bilirubin, and histological study of liver.Forty adult male rats aged 12-14
weeks and weighed 275-325 gm were randomly divided into four equal groups(10 rats/group)
and were treated for 42 days as follows : rats of the first group were received 1 ml tap water
orally once a day and olive oil 0.5 ml /kg B.W. intraperitonelly twice a week which
considered as group C, rats of the second group were received date palm pollen suspension
o

Using the rose Bengal test 114 blood samples collected from dogs , and tested for Brucella antibodies , (30.7 % ) were found positive for Brucella antibodies while (64.3 % ) were found negative for Brucella antibodies .
Key words : Brucella antibodies , dogs .

The study was conducted on 35 pregnant Iraqi cows at gestation period ranged from 260-265 days depending on their date of services. This study was performed in two regions from Baghdad province (Al-Thahab Al-Abiad and Al-Nahrawan villages) from 2009-2011, there ages ranged from 3-6 years and were divided randomly into three groups according to the type of treatment. 1st group (11 cows) were injected with 750 μg (3 ml) of estrumate intramuscular (IM) in single dose .The 2nd group (13 cows) injected with 40 mg of dexamethasone (IM) in one dose only. The 3rd group (11 cows) injected with 500μg of ergometrine (IM). The results revealed that the responsive cows were 7 (63.6%), 3 (100%) and 8 (72.7%) in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd groups respective

The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of Ericsson Albumin Method to separate Y- from X-bearing sperms in mice. The sperms were obtained from caudal epididymis of male mice and prepared by Ericsson method using albumin in two concentrations (8% and 18%) fallowed by intra-peritoneal insemination of female mice. The study showed there was a significant increase (P>0.05) in pregnancy rate in female mice that inseminated by sperms were prepared by Ericsson method. Also, the results demonstrated that Ericsson method was found (75%) effective for male gender selection compared to conventional method (51.25%) without separation of Y- from X-bearing sperms.

Hepatitis B virus is a hepatotropic virus that causes acute and chronic hepatitis, liver
cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma; it is responsible for more than one million deaths
annually worldwide despite hepatitis B vaccination. So, the aim of the present study was to
detect the total markers of HBV (HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAg, HBeAb, Total anti-HBc and IgM
anti-HBc) .A total of 126 cases with hepatitis B were recruited from different medical centers
in Basra. Serological tests were preformed for all cases using ELISA tests. 126 patients were
divided into 8 studied groups including: Incubation, Active acute, Acute, Active chronic,
chronic, Inactive HBsAg Carrier, HBsAg-negative patients and liver cancer. We conclude that

This study was carried out to investigate the immunomodulating activity of β-glucan
which extracted from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.β-glucan of 225µg/ml was
supplemented in drinking water of broiler chicken vaccinated with Newcastle disease virus
(NDV) vaccine. The parameters of the immunomodulating activity employed were the body
weight, Phagocytic activity and determination of antibody titer to NDV vaccine. Chicks one
day old (120), were divided into four equal groups, G1 treated with β-glucan for six weeks
and vaccinated with NDV vaccine; G2 treated with β-glucan for three weeks and vaccinated
with NDV vaccine; G3 not given β-glucan but vaccinated with NDV vaccine (control group);
while G4

This study was designed to investigate the effect of sodium nitrate as oxidant agent on hepatic function of adult male rats, as well as the possible protective role of vitamin E and flavonoid extracted from Nigella Sativa seeds against the deleterious effects of sodium nitrate. Forty adult male rats were randomly divided in to 4 equal groups and treated daily for 84 days as follows: Animals in the first group were received normal saline, serving as control (group C), rats of the second group (T1) were intubated orally sodium nitrate 30mg/kg. B.W.; animals in T2 group were intubated orally vit. E 40mg/Kg B.W. in addition to sodium nitrate, while rats in the fourth group (T3) were intubated orally 50mg/kg B.W of flavonoids was extracted fr

experiment aimed at studying the effective dose of total polyphenol extracted from green tea in ameliorating the deleterious effect of iron overload in rats, where forty eight adult female rats were randomly divided into eight equal groups (each of six) and injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with iron dextran (100mg/kg B.W each 72 hour and treated orally for one month successive increasing dose of GTPs daily (75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, and 225 mg/kg B.W.). Measurement of serum iron, albumin, reduced glutathione, peroxynitrate concentration and catalase activity was used as a guide for the detection of the effective dose of total polyphenol that ameliorating the deleterious effect of iron overload. According to this study, the maximum ef

Terbinafine is a fungicide given orally with the dose of 100 mg/kg body weight per day for each ewe for 60 days. The vaginal smears of ewe, body and ovarian weight were daily administered at slaughter time; ewes were slaughtered at 60th day. Estrous cycle was affected by showing a significant reduce in the estrous cycle length of each phases of estrous cycle with associated significant increase in the diestrus phase in terbinafine treatment as compared with control group (olive oil treatment as adjuvant) of ewes. There was a significant reduce in the number of follicles and a significant raise in the number of atretic follicles in treated group as compared with control group as well as upsurge the progesterone/estrogen ratio. The body an

Thirty six trials of flushing with riched Delbeco`s phosphate buffer media applied in this study using a plastic two ways folly catheter, introduced by metal robe inside the cervix of donor cows and by air bubble fixed it in the cervical canal in 3 positions, one near the cervico-vaginal opening or at the first third of the cervical canal, the 2nd one at the middle third of the cervical canal and the 3rd one near the utero-cervical opening or at the last third of the cervical canal. The process of flushing was carried out after the fixation of the folly catheter in the three sites and the number of embryos collected by each collection site.
The results showed that the number of embryos detected in the third method where the fixation w

هدفت الدراسة الى تقييم التاثير العلاجي للخلاصة المائية للكزبرة والثوم على التغيرات المرضية السمية الحادة
والمزمنة لكلوريد الزئبق في الجرذان . ظهرت العلامات السريرية الحادة بعد وقت قصير من تجريع المادة المذكورة
واصبحت اكثر شدة مما ادى الى معدل الهلاكات تتناسب مع تركيز الجرعة المعطاة . تم ملاحظة العلامات السريرية
المزمنة بصورة مستمرة ويمكن ايجازها, فقدان شهية مع انخفاض في وزن الجسم وشحوب واصفرار الاغش

هدفت الدراسة التحري عن بكتريا المتحركة عترة Aeromonad من اسماك جلبت من حقول لاسماك
الكارب حول بغداد وشخصت العزلة باستعمال عدة تشخيصية جاهزة . .API20E تم احداث اصابة تجريبية
بحقن الجرعة المميتة LD50 0.3 ×108. 66cfu/ml من العزلة المرضية في داخل العضلة لاسماك الكارب
الشائع Cypnuris carpio L ظهرعلى الاسماك بعد 41 يوم من الحقن نزف على سطح الجسم, تقرح مع بروز
العين وتجمع سوائل حمراء في منطقة البطن. عيانيا ظهر وجود بقع نزفية وتنخرية عل

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of flavonoids, sugar moiety and antioxidant scavenging activity (in vitro and vivo) of black cumin seed ( Nigella sativa L.) as well as serum lipid profile inhydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induced oxidative stress and flavonoids treated adult male rabbits were the main aim of the current study. The results showed that black cumin seeds contained 4.50gmcrude flavonoids per kg crushed seeds and the high performance liquid chromatography indicated the existence of 22 flavonoids, only seven of which were identified flavonoids represented nearly 2.751gm/kg of the total flavonoids. The concentration of kaempferol was the highest whereas quercetin the lowest. Glucose, fructose and sucrose were the sugar moiety

Experimental induction of vitamin E and selenium deficiency by deficient diet was carried out on Awassi ewes and their newborn lambs. The clinical signs were characterized by sudden death in 4 lambs out of 14 lambs in deficient group and other lambs showed a variable signs included inability to suckle, arched back, weakness, dullness, emaciation and recumbency. Serum selenium and vitamin E levels of these lambs were 0.01 ppm and 0.34 mg/L respectively. The clinical signs in ewes included loss of body weight and loss of wool, Weakness, dullness and recumbency. Serum selenium and vitamin E levels of these ewes were 0.02 ppm and 0.61mg/L respectively. It was concluded that vitamin E and selenium are essential antioxidants and their deficien

In order to achieve precise diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in suspected cases of aborted women and infants with abnormal clinical manifestation, 1725 serum samples consisting of 1450aborted women and 77 infants were tested by enzyme linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA), using IgG, IgM and IgA platellat oxogondii kits, 865 (56.64%) were found positive, 848 ( 58.48% ) were found in aborted women and 15 (22.07%) infants with a significant differences (P≤ 0.05).The immunoglobulin IgM , were detected in 72 (8.49%)cases of aborted women, IgM with IgG were found in 44 (61.11%) and with IgA in two (2.77%) cases ,whereas found in three(17.64%)cases of infants. While IgA were found in 77(9.08%) cases of aborted women, and 6 (35.22%) infants. IgG was

الدراسة الحالية تهدف الى تحديد مدى تاثير درجات المناخ العالية في قابلية تناسل الحملان العواسية في اثناء موسم
1111 بالاعتماد على ثلاثين من /11/ 1111 الى 01 /6/ الصيف و بداية الخريف. اجريت الدراسة في بغداد للفترة من 1
1.1 شهر. اخذت قياسات و اوزان الخصية و الغدة الحويصلية المنوية و الغدة البصلية ± الحملان العواسية بعمر 11.1
الاحليلية مرة واحدة لكل شهر، وتم حساب تراكيز هرموني الكورتزول و الشحمون الخصوي، فضلا عن دراسة نس

This study was conducted to isolate of Enterobacteriace family and designed to determine the prevalence of this bacteria in goats in 6 residance area in Baghdad Governorate ( Yousifia, Mahmodia, Shoulla, Sader city, Khadmia and farm of College of Veterinary Medicine ). 300 fecal samples were collacted from diarrheaic goats aged between (1 day to 2 year) from male and female for many month ,Diagnostic study depending upon the morphological and cultural properties of the isolates on some selective media in addItion to different biochemical tests and API-20E and serological tests isolates of Salmonella. The results showed Isolation of 111bacterial Isolates which included 6 different species of enterobacteriace, Citrobacte braackii )48)isola