This study investigated the effect of acute exposition to zinc (Zn) on histology of the liver and testes of yellow tail lambari (Astyanax aff.bimaculatus).The exposure consisted of six concentrations of Zn (0, 3, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg/L) for 96 hours of exposure.Fragments of liver and testis were routinely processed and embedded in plastic resin bas
The current status, challenges, and future perspectives for managing diseases of brassicas
The Brassica genus comprises the greatest diversity of agriculturally important crops.Several species from this genus are grown as vegetable and oil crops for food, animal feed and industrial purposes.In particular, B.oleracea has been extensively bred to give rise to several familiar vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale and Brussels Sp
Development of two species of the Trypanosoma theileri complex in tabanids
Abstract Background black sabbath purple logo Trypanosoma theileri species complex includes parasites of Bovidae (cattle, sheep, goat, etc.) and Cervidae (deer) transmitted mainly by Tabanidae (horse flies and deerflies) and keds (Hippoboscidae).While morphological discrimination of species is challenging, two big clades, TthI and TthII, each conta
1H-NMR-based metabolic profiling of healthy individuals and high-resolution CT-classified phenotypes of COPD with treatment of tiotropium bromide
Li-Chuan Tan,1 Wen-Jie Yang,2 Wei-Ping Fu,1 Ping Su,2 Jing-Kui Shu,1 Lu-Ming Dai1 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory, Baoshan People’s Hospital, Baoshan 678000, People’s Republic of Ch