The use of SNP markers for cattle breed identification.

A potential application of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in animal husbandry and production is identification of the animal breed. In this study, using chosen marker selection methods and genotypic data obtained with the use of Illumina Bovine SNP50 BeadChip for individuals belonging to ten cattle breeds, the reduced panels containing the most informative SNP markers were developed. The suitability of selected SNP panels for the effective and reliable assignment of the studied individuals to the breed of origin was checked by three allocation algorithms implemented in GeneClass 2.

[The dynamics of lethality and causes of death of the burned for the last 40 years in the Russian Burn Center of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation].

A comparative analysis of lethality and causes of death of the burned in the Russian Burn Center of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for 40 years has shown that general lethality in the Burn Center for this period did not undergo substantial changes and was within 10%. Main causes of death were shock, sepsis and pneumonia. Other causes were of less significance.

Nutrition and eating disorders in adolescents.

Adequate nutrition is essential during adolescence, since growth and development during this period play key roles in achieving normal adult size and reproductive capacity. This article briefly reviews recommended caloric intake; the healthy balance of carbohydrates, fat and protein; and the appropriate dietary intake of iron, folic acid and calcium for the adolescent. A major potential obstacle to good nutrition for an adolescent is the development of an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

[The effect of enterosorption on the severity of endogenous intoxication in burns].

The severity of burn toxemia mainly depends on the blood level of endotoxins, produced by bowel bacteria. The dynamics of endotoxemia have its supreme expression at the first day of burn injury. Enterosorption promotes significant decrease in blood concentrations of endotoxins and middle molecular mass peptides, depression of their cytological action, improvement of glycogen- and protidin-synthetizing hepatic function.

[Characteristics of sepsis in burn patients today].

An analysis of lethal outcomes following thermal traumas during the recent 8 years has shown sepsis to occupy one of the leading places as a cause of death of burned people. During the recent years the incidence of early sepsis has been increased. This kind of sepsis develops in the period of shock and acute toxemia, is often of lightening character, possesses certain specific morphological features and is caused predominantly by gram-negative flora threatening to patients with critical burns of more than 40% of the body surface.