Determining the prevalence of Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in manure of dairy lagoons.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of microbial pathogens in manure of dairy lagoons in California.

Methods And Results: To determine pathogens in dairy manure stored in anaerobic lagoons of dairy farm, an extensive field study was conducted across California to sample manure from 20 dairy farms. Samples were analyzed to determine the prevalence of indicator Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin producing E.

Antiosteoporosis and bone protective effect of nimbolide in steroid-induced osteoporosis rats.

Background: Osteoporosis is a metabolic, hereditary, progressive disease characterized by unusual bone production across the skeleton and a loss the bone tissue microstructure and mass. In this experimental study, we scrutinized the antiosteoporosis effect of nimbolide against glucocorticoid (GCs) induced osteoporosis in rats.

Methods: Swiss albino female rats were employed for the current experiment study and the rats were divided into different groups.

Effects of dietary supplementation with apple peel powder on the growth, blood and liver parameters, and transcriptome of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT, Oreochromis niloticus).

High-density aquaculture and nutritional imbalances may promote fatty liver in genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT, Oreochromis niloticus), thus reducing the gains achieved by breeding. In this study, apple peel powder (APP) was used as a feed additive for GIFT. A control group (fed on a diet without APP) and five groups fed on diets supplemented with APP (at 0.

TRAF6 is required for the GM-CSF-induced JNK, p38 and Akt activation.

JNK, p38 and Akt signalings have been shown to be activated by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and are pivotal for GM-CSF-mediated survival, proliferation and differentiation of macrophages and their progenitors. However, the detailed mechanism of how these signalings is activated by GM-CSF is not fully elucidated. We report here that E3 ligase TRAF6 is required for the GM-CSF-induced activation of JNK, p38 and Akt.

[Efficacy of albendazole orally administered at different dosages against Trichinella spiralis encapsulated larvae in mice].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of albendazole (ABZ) orally administered at different dosages against Trichinella spiralis encapsulated larvae in striated muscle in mice.

Methods: A total of 72 BALB/c mice were divided equally into 9 groups. Each mouse was infected orally with 50 T.

Noncovalent interaction of dietary polyphenols with bovine hemoglobin in vitro: molecular structure/property-affinity relationship aspects.

The relationship between the structural properties of selected dietary polyphenols and their affinities for bovine hemoglobin (bHB) was investigated by fluorescence analysis. The presence of an additional methoxy group on flavonoids weakened the affinities for bHB by 1.15-13.