Mapping of tms8 gene for temperature‐sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) in rice (Oryza sativa L.)     

Appibhai J. Hussain  Jauhar Ali  Ebrahimali A. Siddiq  Vidya S. Gupta  Umesh K. Reddy  Prabhakar K. Ranjekar 《Plant Breeding》2012,131(1):42-47

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Ultrasonography of the liver and kidneys of healthy camels (Camelus dromedarius)     

Mohamed Tharwat  Fahd Al-Sobayil  Ahmed Ali  Sébastien Buczinski 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》2012,53(12):1273-1278

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Fattening performance of purebred and crossbred lambs from fat-tailed Kurdi ewes mated to four Iranian native ram breeds     

Esmailizadeh AK  Nemati M  Mokhtari MS 《Tropical animal health and production》2012,44(2):217-223

A crossbreeding experiment was carried out to determine the sire breed effects on fattening performance of fat-tailed lambs. Rams from four Iranian fat-tailed sheep breeds, namely Kurdi (K), Afshari (A), Chaal (C) and Sanjabi (S) were mated to Kurdi ewes producing 454 progeny of four genotype groups (KK, AK, CK and SK). A total of 80 lambs comprising ten female and ten male lambs from each genotype group were used in a fattening experiment during a period of 88 days. Genotype of the lamb had significant effect on average dry matter intake (ADMI) (P < 0.05). SK lambs had the lowest ADMI. Average daily gain (ADG) and food conversion ratio (FCR) were not influenced by genotype of the lamb. Sex of the lamb had significant effect on both ADG and FCR (P < 0.01). Slaughter weight (SLW), hot carcass weight (HCW), cold carcass weight (CCW) and daily carcass gain (DCG) were not affected by lamb's genotype. However, genotype had significant effect on dressing percentage, carcass loss percentage (P < 0.01), carcass length (CL), leg circumference (LC), carcass compactness (CC) (P < 0.01) and carcass density (CD) (P < 0.05). Carcass width (CW) and leg length (LL) were not affected by lamb's genotype. Sex of the lamb had significant effects on CL, CW, LC, CC, CD (P < 0.01) and LL (P < 0.05). The results indicated the existence of sire breed difference for daily dry matter intake and carcass conformation in the fat-tailed sheep.  相似文献   

Characterization of turkey inducible nitric oxide synthase and identification of its expression in the intestinal epithelium following astrovirus infection     

Meyerhoff RR  Nighot PK  Ali RA  Blikslager AT  Koci MD 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2012,35(1):63-69

The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) enzyme has long been recognized as a key mediator of innate immune responses to infectious diseases across the phyla. Its role in killing or inactivating bacterial, parasitic, and viral pathogens has been documented in numerous host systems. iNOS, and its innate immune mediator NO has also been described to have negative consequence on host tissues as well; therefore understanding the pathogenesis of any infectious agent which induces iNOS expression requires a better understanding of the role iNOS and NO play in that disease. Previous studies in our laboratory and others have demonstrated evidence for increased levels of iNOS and activity of its innate immune mediator NO in the intestine of turkeys infected with astrovirus. To begin to characterize the role iNOS plays in the innate immune response to astrovirus infection, we identified, characterized, developed tkiNOS specific reagents, and demonstrated that the intestinal epithelial cells induce expression of iNOS following astrovirus infection. These data are the first to our knowledge to describe the tkiNOS gene, and demonstrate that astrovirus infection induces intestinal epithelial cells to express iNOS, suggesting these cells play a key role in the antiviral response to enteric infections.  相似文献   

Comparative Evaluation of Conventional and Transvaginal Laparoscopic Ovariohysterectomy in Dogs     

Jalal Bakhtiari DVM  PhD  Ali Reza Khalaj MD  Elham Aminlou DVM  Amir Niasari‐Naslaji DVM  PhD 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2012,41(6):755-758

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The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of meloxicam in camels after intravenous administration     

Wasfi IA  Al Ali WA  Agha BA  Kamel AM  Al Biriki NA  Al Neaimi KM 《Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics》2012,35(2):155-162

The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of meloxicam was studied in camels (Camelus dromedarus) (n = 6) following intravenous (i.v.) administration of a dose of 0.6 mg·kg/body weight. The results obtained (mean ± SD) were as follows: the terminal elimination half-life (t(1/2β) ) was 40.2 ± 16.8 h and total body clearance (Cl(T) ) was 1.94 ± 0.66 mL·kg/h. The volume of distribution at steady state (V(SS)) was 92.8 ± 13.7 mL/kg. One metabolite of meloxicam was tentatively identified as methylhydroxy meloxicam. Meloxicam and metabolite were excreted unconjugated in urine. Meloxicam could be detected in plasma 10 days following i.v. administration in camels using a sensitive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method.  相似文献   

Effect of lactation on functional and morphological echocardiographic variables in adult dairy cows     

Mehdi Zarifi  Sébastien Buczinski  Ali Rezakhani  Mohammad Reza Mokhber Dezfouli  Ali Khonsha 《Journal of Veterinary Cardiology》2012,14(3):415-421

ObjectivesTo study the effect of pregnancy and lactation on echocardiographic parameters in Holstein dairy cows.AnimalsNine multiparous high milk producing (HMP) dairy cows (producing more than 40 kg of milk per day in peak production) and 9 low milk producing (LMP) cows (producing less than 30 kg or milk per day in peak production).MethodsEchocardiography was performed twice; one month before calving and two months after calving.ResultsThe heart rate of HMP cows in the early lactation period was significantly higher than in the dry period. In LMP cows, there was a significant increase in left ventricular dimension in the early lactation period as compared to the dry period, and the interventricular septum in systole (IVSs) in the dry period was significantly thicker than early lactation period. In HMP cows, there was an increase in the right ventricular diameter in systole in the early lactation period as compared to the dry period. Left ventricular and aortic dimensions in the dry period of HMP were significantly higher than those of LMP cows. When the data were corrected for body weight, comparison of values of the dry period of HMP and LMP cows showed that left ventricular volume in systole in HMP was significantly higher and that IVSs, left ventricular fractional shortening and ejection fraction were significantly lower than in LMP cows.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that lactation influences the intracardiac dimensions. The amount of milk production can influence echocardiographic parameters in dairy cows.  相似文献   

Potential for using Datura alba leaf extracts against two major stored grain pests, the khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium and the rice weevil Sitophillus oryzae     

Abid Ali  Farooq Ahmad  Antonio Biondi  Yusha Wang  Nicolas Desneux 《Journal of pest science》2012,85(3):359-366

Various plants are well known for their insecticidal activity and their use was maintained for millennia throughout all the agricultural regions of the world. In a current context, the use of Botanical insecticides represents one of the best alternatives to chemicals for the development of environmental-friendly strategies for stored grain pest control. Datura alba Nees is a plant found extensively in the warmer regions of the world and it is used as a medicinal plant. This study aims to assess the contact toxicity and the trans-generational effect of D.?alba leaf extract (DLE) against two important insect pests on stored rice, Trogoderma granarium and Sitophilus oryzae, under laboratory conditions. Filter papers were soaked in three DLE concentration solutions and in two control treatments: water and acetone. The survivor specimens (F₀) were transferred to a new untreated feeding substrate and the population build up of the two following generations (F₁ and F₂) were counted after 30 and 60?days, respectively. The highest DLE concentration (2.5?%) induced the significantly highest mortality with 33.5 and 45?% mortality in T.?granarium and S.?oryzae after 7?days of exposure, respectively. The DLE long-term effect toward both tested species was also proved by the high demographic decrease in the F₂ generations, when compared to control groups. This study is the first step toward establishing a scientific basis for the effective application of D.?alba plant materials as biorational tools to control stored grain pests.  相似文献   

Allelic polymorphism in the second exon of Ovar-DRB1 in fat-tailed sheep     

Nikbakht G  Rezaii H  Stear MJ  Talebi MA  Mahmoudzadeh H 《Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)》2012,192(3):547-549

Ovar-DRB1 is one of the most important response genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region of sheep. Gene polymorphism in the second exon of Ovar-DRB1 in three different Iranian fat-tailed sheep breeds (Lori-Bakhtiari, Shaul and Zandi) was analyzed by either restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) or direct sequencing. A total of 92 Lori-Bakhtiari, 40 Shaul, and 47 Zandi sheep were examined. PCR-RFLP identified 17 genotypes in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep, 12 in Shaul sheep and 11 in Zandi sheep. Collectively, 24 different genotypes could be found for Iranian fat-tailed sheep. Using direct sequencing, seven new sequences in exon 2 of the Ovar-DRB1 gene were identified. Generalized linear modeling with a multinomial error structure showed that the sheep populations had significantly different allele frequencies.  相似文献   

Dynamic response of wall-floor joints of wooden light-frame constructions under forced harmonic vibrations     

Takuro Hirai  Kei Sawata  Ali Awaludin  Yoshihisa Sasaki  Takeyoshi Uematsu 《Journal of Wood Science》2012,58(2):128-134

Shaking table tests of the wall-floor joints of wooden light-frame constructions under forced harmonic vibrations are conducted in this study so as to observe the dynamic responsive characteristics. The principal results are as follows: The responsive characteristics of timber constructions under strong earthquakes cannot be directly correlated with their resonant frequencies under free or forced vibrations with low input accelerations, because they behave as continuous bodies when the input accelerations are less than the apparent frictional limits of structural joints. The apparent frictional limits are reduced by periodic fluctuation of the effective vertical loads as a result of the vertical motion of the specimens. The characteristic dynamic responses of wall-floor joints depend clearly upon the frequency and input accelerations of forced vibrations. These dependencies arise from the nonlinear load-slip relationship of the wall-floor joints. The equivalent stiffness in their successive transient phases decreases as joint slip increases, which gradually changes the resonant frequencies of the wall-floor joints. This indicates that the frequency components dominant to ultimate or safety-limit resistance should be distinguished from those dominant to allowable or serviceability-limit resistance.  相似文献