Efficiency of a probiotic in carp lactococcosis in an in vitro experiment.

The purpose of this article is to study the effect of the probiotic on experimental infections of carp's fingerlings with Lactococcus garvieae. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) (Lactobacillus fermentum 24с, Pediococcus pentosaceus 10/9к, Lactobacillus paracasei 9c) for the probiotic were previously isolated from the intestines of mature carps from Maybalyk commercial fisheries, which provided fingerlings for this experiment too as well. The feed-contained probiotic was given to fish in the experimental group for 14 days before challenge with pathogen L.

The influence of electromagnetic radiation of cell phones on the behavior of animals.

Background And Aim: The radiation emitted from cell phones has various deleterious effects on human health. The article considers the problem of the effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) of cell phones on the behavior of animals. The use of mobile phones is continually increasing throughout the world.

Prioritization of pharmaceuticals based on risks to aquatic environments in Kazakhstan.

Over the last 20 years, there has been increasing interest in the occurrence, fate, effects, and risk of pharmaceuticals in the natural environment. However, we still have only limited or no data on ecotoxicological risks of many of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) currently in use. This is partly due to the fact that the environmental assessment of an API is an expensive, time-consuming, and complicated process.