Aims: This study was therefore aimed to evaluate potential anti-inflammatory activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic extracts of Gomphrena celosioides (C. Mart) and to determine the most active extract in rat. Study Design: Gomphrena celosioides was collected from Bingerville, District...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13353
The contraceptive effect of oral administration of ethanolic extract of Dioscorea villosa tuber for thirty days on reproductive hormones of female albino rats was investigated. Twenty four female albino rats weighing 150-220g were completely randomized into four groups (A-D) comp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13433
Aims: This study aimed to determine the chemical constitution of the essential oil from Artemisia vulgarisleaves and also evaluated the toxicity of the essential oil against Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite) and Aspergillus flavus. Methodology: The essential oil was obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13190
Aims: This experiment aimed at identification of some forage-quality attributes of Sudan pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) collection for possible future utilization. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12575
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between HP infection and microvascular complications of type two diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Qom, Iran, between March 2012 an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11148
Studies on the nineteen morphological characteristics and meristic traits of C. gariepinus collected from those bred by a fish farmer in a fish pond in Emure- Ekiti (controlled population) and those from the wild population in Ogbese river (uncontrolled population), in Ado-Ekiti,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/11781
The increasing trend of climate change has led to growing concern on its impact on different sectors of the economy particularly on agriculture. Coping with the vulnerability and negative effects of climate change on agriculture requires mitigation at the policy level and adaptat...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/12169
Aims: Iron deficiency (ID) especially among adolescents still considered a major challenge for health and nutrition sectors of governmental and non-governmental institutes in the Gaza strip. The present study aimed to assess iron nutritional status and its relation to adolescents...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11593
N. N. Vlasova, A. A. Varentsova, I. V. Shevchenko, I. Yu. Zhukov, S. G. Remyga, V. L. Gavrilova, O. S. Puzankova, A. A. Shevtsov, N. G. Zinyakov & K. N. Gruzdev·Microbiology Research Journal International·2014
Domestic pigs were inoculated with 50 (low) or 5000 (high) haemadsorbing doses (HAD50) via intranasal (IN) or intramuscular (IM) routes, to investigate the pathogenesis of 5 Russian isolates of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) collected in 2013. Several clinical and virological p...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12941
Most of the Gordonia species described earlier have been considered as opportunistic pathogens in humans, but recently described species have been isolated from the environment with notable roles in bioremediation or the biodegradation of pollutants. A gram-positive slightly acid...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/11435
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been recognized for decades as hospital acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA). Nowadays, MRSA is also recognized as a worldwide emerging community-associated pathogen. Community associated-MRSA (CA-MRSA) has been sh...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/9607
Steinhausia mytilovum (Field, 1924) is a microsporidian parasite that infects female individuals of Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. The aim of this work was to evaluate the incidence and histopathological effect of the microsporidian in the host from the Atlantic...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12658
Aim: The aims of the study were to determine the antibacterial resistance profile and detect the presence of antibacterial resistance genes of Salmonella isolates recovered from the blood samples of hospitalized subjects in Kano metropolis. Study Design: The study is a descriptiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/9711
This study analyses farmers’ overall efficiency in pineapple production in Edo State, Nigeria. Data were collected through well structured questionnaire administered on 175 pineapple farmers selected using a multi-stage sampling technique and analyzed using descriptive statistics...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13488
This paper contributes to the debate on the relevance of institutions to economic development in Nigeria. Based on the taxonomy of institutions into informal and formal elements and the seeming overemphasis on the latter, the paper extends the argument further by stressing that N...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/12243