Draft genome sequence of an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli ST58 isolate from cattle in Pakistan.

Objectives: Food animals have been recognised as an important reservoir of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-Ec). This study reports the draft genome sequence of a bovine ESBL-Ec from Pakistan.

Methods: Genomic DNA from a bovine E.

Drainage discharge impacts on hydrology and water quality of receiving streams in the wheatbelt of Western Australia.

The use of surface and subsurface drainage to manage waterlogging and salinity in dryland (rainfed) and irrigated agricultural systems is common throughout the world. The drainage systems often discharge into natural streams. The same is true for the wheatbelt drainage systems in south-western Australia, where 11,000 km (ABS 2003) of artificial drains have been constructed within the last two decades.

Performance of complement fixation test and confirmatory immunoblot as two-cascade testing approach for serodiagnosis of glanders in an endemic region of South East Asia.

Various serological tests were used for the diagnosis of glanders in the past but still complement fixation test (CFT) is the internationally prescribed test for trading equines. A new immunoblot (IB) technique has recently been introduced to overcome the well known shortcomings of CFT i. e.

Separation of xiphi-omphalo-ischiopagus tetrapus twins with favorable internal anatomy.

Conjoined twinning is a rare occurrence, and ischiopagus variety is even more rare. So far, only 20 cases have been reported. The incidence is 1 in 500,000.