Escherichia coli is an emerging public health concern in most countries of the world. It is an important cause of food-borne human disease. The present study assessed the prevalence and determined the antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli from raw milk marketed in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Of the raw milk marketed in Chittagong ~33(18%) of the 186 raw milk samples of it contains E. coli, indicator bacteria for any enteric pathogens. The mean viable count of total bacteria was 4.04×108 cfu/ml and the mean viable count of E. coli in the contaminated raw milk was 1.88×106 cfu/ml. E. coli from only six (18.2%) of the 33 positive samples yielded colourless colonies across the CT-SMAC, suggesting the probable presence of populations belonging to the serotype O157 and rest of the isolates 27 (81.82%) produced coloured colony on CT-SMAC considering the probable presence of populations belonging to the serotype non-O157. Growth of probable E. coli O157, as evidenced by the colourless colonies on CT-SMAC compared to coloured colonies from other bacteria. Confirmed isolates were further subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility test using the Agar disc diffusion technique. Antibiotics susceptibility profile showed that all the isolates in case of E. coli O157, penicillin (100%), tetracycline (100%), amoxicillin (83.33%) and erythromycin (83.33%) were the most resistant whereas ciprofloxacin (66.67%), gentamicin (50.0%), and streptomycin (50.0%) were the most sensitive antibiotics. In case of E.coli non-O157 susceptibility profile showed that chloramphenicol (40.74%), erythromycin (40.74%) and oxacillin (37.04%) were the most resistant whereas ciprofloxacin (70.37%), sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim (S/T) (59.26%) and gentamycin (55.55%) were the most sensitive antibiotics. The antimicrobial resistance exhibited by E. coli O157and non-O157 strains in this study is an indication of possible antibiotic abuse.

Organik asitlerin su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğinde, fonksiyonel yem katkı maddeleri olarak kullanılmasının öngörülebilir gelecekte belirgin bir şekilde artacağı düşünülmektedir. Dünya su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğinin sürekli genişlemesi, büyük bir pazar potansiyeli oluşturmaktadır. Bununla birlikte küresel ısınmanın bir sonucu olarak, su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğinde hastalık salgınlarında artma tehlikesi, önemli bir problem olarak ortaya çıkabilecektir. Birçok ülkede antibiyotik kullanımına ilişkin yasaklar veya kısıtlama uygulamaları bulunmaktadır. Su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğinde, antibiyotiklere karşı uygulanabilir bir alternatif olarak organik asitlerin kullanımının uygunluğunu, yapılan çalışmalar ile ortaya konulmaktadır. Organik asitler, antimikrobiyal özelliklerinden dolayı zararlı bakterilerin çoğalmasını engelleyerek, hayvanların gastrointestinal sisteminde yararlı bakterilerin büyümesini teşvik ederek, hayvanların sağlığını iyileştirme özelliklerini göstermektedirler. Yapılan çalışmalar, organik asitlerin fonksiyonel yem katkı maddeleri olarak, su ürünleri yetiştiriciliği endüstrisinde sürdürülebilir bir sağlık yönetimi programının bir parçası olarak kullanılabilirliğini ortaya koymaktadır.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of kefir as a probiotic on the performance and health status of calves. Thirty Holstein female calves with 3-day-old were randomly allocated to three treatment groups: Control (without any probiotic), probiotic (a commercial probiotic mixture-3 g/d/calf bacteria-based and 2 g/d/calf yeast-based) and kefir (20 ml/d/calf). The calves were weaned at 56 days of age. The experiment was performed in 70 days. Treatment had no effect (P>0.05) on weaning and final body weight and starter intake. Although differences in weight gain were not significant (P>0.05), there were trend to increase by probiotic treatments during 0-14 days. Probiotic treatments tended to have a positive effect on the population of the fecal lactic acid bacteria at 14 days. The results of the study indicated that kefir as a natural probiotic in calf nutrition may be beneficial during the first weeks of life.

Plants have developed mechanical and chemical defense strategies that are effective against herbivores. Plants contain chemicals that are known as secondary metabolites (allelochemical) and these chemicals do not directly involve in organisms’ reproduction and growth, on the other hand, they affect survival, growth and behavior of species. These compounds usually take ecological tasks and plants use these compounds against diseases, parasites, and predators for interspecies competition. It is known through the observations on feeding of herbivorous insects that these compounds act as deterrent chemicals or they are toxic against them. Feeding is one of the most fundamental and the most important behaviors for herbivorous insects. Even though host plant preference of herbivores is partially depend on nutrients, this behavior greatly depends on secondary chemistry of plants. Effects of secondary compounds on herbivorous insects can be positive or negative.

Wireless sensor networks applications and inter-machine communication (M2M), called the Internet of Things, help decision-makers to control complex systems thanks to the low data-rate and cost-effective data collection and analysis. These technologies offer new possibilities to monitor environmental management and agricultural policies, and to improve agricultural production, especially in low-income rural areas. In this study, IoT is proposed with a low cost, flexible and scalable data collection and analysis system. For this purpose, open source hardware microprocessor cards and sensors are stored in the greenhouse computer database using the IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee wireless communication protocol. The data can be analyzed by greenhouse computer analysis software, which is developed with the PHP programming language. It is possible to monitor the real time data from the greenhouse computer. Also alert rules definitions can be made and the system was tested in greenhouse conditions. It has been observed that it performs operations steadily such as data transfer, sensor measurements and data processing. The proposed system may be useful for monitoring indoor climate and controlling ventilation, irrigation and heating systems, especially for small enterprises due to the modular structure.

Propolis, bitkilerin tomurcuk ve yaprak kısımlarından toplanan maddelerden bal arıları tarafından üretilen doğal reçineli bir karışımdır. Propolis antikanser, antiinflamator, antibiyotik, antioksidatif, antibakteriyel, antiviral, antifungal, anestetik, immunostimulan ve sitotoksik etkilere sahiptir. Bu derlemede doğal bir ürün olan propolisin fiziksel, kimyasal ve biyolojik özellikleri, bitkisel kaynakları ile balıklarda kullanımı ve uygulama şekiller hakkındaki bilgilerin bir araya getirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Bu çalışmanın amacı, 2016 yılında Adıyaman ilindeki badem üreticilerinin zirai mücadele uygulamalarında karşılaştığı sorunları belirlemektir. Bu amaçla, basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemine göre Kahta, Besni, Gölbaşı ve Merkez ilçelerinde, her ilçede tesadüfi olarak seçilen 6 köy olmak üzere toplam 24 köyde, 96 üreticiden anket yöntemi ile bilgiler temin edilmiş ve sonuçlar yüzde oran olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Badem üreticilerinin, eğitim seviyesinin yüksek, pek çoğunun tarım dışı gelire sahip olduğu ve gelir miktarının açlık sınırı seviyesinin üzerinde olduğu saptanmıştır. Badem üreticileri pestisit seçimi ve pestisit dozunu belirlemede ilaç bayilerinden ve Tarım İl Müdürlüğünden tavsiye almakta, marka ve etkili maddenin pestisit seçiminde önemli faktörler olduğu, aynı hastalık ve zararlıya karşı sürekli aynı pestisiti kullanmadıkları, hastalık ve zararlıyı görmeden ilaçlama yaptıkları, ilaçlamada önerilen dozu uyguladıkları, kullandıkları pestisitlerin üründe kalıntı bıraktığı, ilaçlama ile hasat arasındaki bekleme süresine dikkat ettikleri, ilaçlama sırasında koruyucu elbise ve maske kullandıkları, boş pestisit kutularını tarla veya yol kenarına atmadıkları, ilaçlama aletini temizledikleri, ancak ilaçlama aletini kalibrasyon yapmadan kullandıkları, pestisitleri karışım halinde uyguladıkları, kimyasal mücadele dışında kültürel mücadeleyi tercih ettikleri ve biyopestisit kavramını bilmedikleri belirlenmiştir.

In this research, it was aimed to determine the adsorption, saturation reaching and desorption effects of ammonium, which is one of the parameters that should be kept in control for aquarium life, by clinoptilolite type zeolite which is a natural filtration material. In the aquarium water, Z1: 20 mg/l TAN and Z2: 40 mg/l TAN concentrations were determined to have adsorption up to Z1: 10 mg/l TAN and Z2: 24 mg/l TAN concentration at the end of the experiment period. After this phase, where zeolites had reached saturation, desorption system was created, and 2 groups were formed with 5-liter research aquariums and 3 repetitions. During the five-days test, water parameters were determined daily and at the same time of day (10.00). At the beginning of the experiment, mean values of 0.4 ± 0.00 mg / l TAN in Z1 and Z2 groups were determined at the end of the experiment as 1.55 ± 0.176 mg/l (15.5%) and 2.153 ± 0.27 mg/l (13.5%) TAN in Z1 and Z2 groups, respectively. When the data obtained in this study were evaluated, zeolite was determined to make desorption periodically in proportion with the amount of retained ammonium, when it reached the saturation. In intensive aquaculture systems or aquarium conditions, recondition of zeolite for necessary periods is recommended to be performed by considering these data.

This study was carried out to elucidate the impacts of zinc (Zn) treatments on growth, development, quality and yield of commonly sown bread wheat cultivars under field conditions of Çukurova Region. Three different bread wheat cultivars (Adana-99, Ceyhan-99 and Pandas) were experimented in randomized complete blocks-split plots experimental design with 3 replications. Field experiments were performed by two different Zn application methods; via soil and via soil+foliage. In the both trials, 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 kg ha-1 pure Zn doses were applied to the soil. 0.4% ZnSO4.7H2O solution was used for foliar Zn applications. Current findings revealed that Zn treatments had significant effects on grain yield, grain Zn concentration, grain phosphorus (P) concentration and thousand grain weight of bread wheat cultivars, but significant effects were not observed on grain protein concentrations. Soil+foliar Zn treatments were more effective in improving grain Zn concentrations. It was concluded that 10- 20 kg ha-1 Zn treatment was quite effective on grain Zn concentrations.

Water loss kinetics in osmotic dehydration of cone-shaped fruits and vegetables was modeled on the basis of diffusion mechanism, using the Fick’s second law. The model was developed by taking into account the influences of the fruit geometrical characteristics, initial water content of fruit, water diffusion coefficient in fruit, and the water concentration in hypertonic solution. Based on the obtained model, it was shown that the water diffusion coefficient and the initial water concentration of fruit have direct effects on the dehydration rate and also inverse influence on the dehydration duration. The geometrical parameters of fruit and water concentration in hypertonic solution showed direct effect on the dehydration duration as well as inverse effect on the dehydration rate. The presented model seems to be useful tool to predict the dehydration kinetics of cone-shaped fruit during osmotic dehydration process and to optimize the process prior to perform the experiments.