To determine the effects of β-carotene on the control of mastitis in dairy cows during the dry period, 38 dairy cows (18 mastitic cows and 20 healthy cows) were administered with 5ml of β-carotene (30 mg/ml) intramuscularly twice (4 week intervals). Blood samples were taken from the cows before the injection and two weeks after the second injection, respectively, and were measured for the cows before the lymphocyte subpopulations and lymphocyte proliferation responses.

Three dogs with suspected patent ductus arteriosus were referred to Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University because of cough, shortness of breath, exercise intolerance, and syncope. Continuous murmur and thrill were detected in physical examination. Left ventricular enlargement, cardiomegaly, bulged main pulmonary artery were found in radiography. Tall R wave, wide P wave, artial fibrillation, and turbulent flow were observed in electrocardiogram and echocardiogram.

Greater attention has been paid to the traditional medical practices in general and herbal medicine in particular even in the developed countries. This study aimed to investigate Allium porrum seeds for its potential contraction or relaxation effect on small intestine in rabbits by using organ bath in vitro. In order to establish a dose-response curve for the plant, six male rabbits were used in the experiment. Pharmacological studies of the plant were done by comparing between intestinal contraction after addition of the plant alone as agonist, and intestinal contraction after the addition ofboth antaigon”ist’iidrugs then the plant extract. A Allium porrum, showed a statistically significant dose-depend increase of intestinal contraction.Atropine, adrenaline, and chlorpheniramine reduce the effect of A. porrum on intestinal contraction. Both cholinergic and adrenergic mechanisms may involve the action of the plant with more potent muscarinic action

The study was carried out on (30) kidneys of fifteen adult clinically healthy sheep. - The gross study ofkidneys, latex casts and corrosive casts of renal arteries were performed as well as corrosive casts of ureter. The study showed that the normal sheep kidney had a bean—shaped appearance covered by transparent capsule . the casts preparation mapped the division of renal arteries , within the renal hilus which divided into dorsal and ventral artery , each of them I were bifurcated into cranial and caudal artery , the cranial Artery divided into three inter lobar arteries , while the caudal artery divided into four inter lobar artery, each one bifurcated into arcuate arteries from which multiple inter-Lobular arteries were detached.

This study was conducted in Basrah at period from March through July 2000 .The protein extract from Bovine dander was prepared with extraction followed by purification and fractionation by gel filtration into tow peaks. Elisa inhibition with serum samples from 77 patients who were sensitive to bovine dander, revealed similar lgE,lgG binding patterns for each peak. Also, there is a cross —reaction . between these two peaks.PeakII exhibited the highest IgE binding inhibition and showed a specific allergenic activity about two fold higher than that of peakI.The allergenecity ofpurified allergen was not lost during purification process.

A component of Fish extract has been isolated by a combination of 65% ammonium ’ sulphat salt precipitation and gel filtration. The purified allergen appeared as two major peaks. Peak 1 1 exhibited the highest lglj binding inhibition and showed a specific . allergenic activity about two fold higher than that of the peak 1. Peak 1 and peak 11 cross reacted in IgE binding inhibition. Completely inhibiting the binding of specific IgE to each other. The allergencity of purified allergen was not lost during purification process.

A total of99 healthy genitalia ofAwassi ewes were collected from AL-Shula . and local abattoirs , Baghdad province , for biometrical measurement of uteri . viz. .weight and length of uterus , no. of caruncles in uterus body and horns . the greater and leaser curvature length of both left and right horns and The diameters of both horns . The results revealed that the mean weight and length of uterus respectively 34.365 g and l.354 cm were significantly differs due to different phases of estrus cycle. The mean total of caruncles in uterus body and homs \ere 3.566 and 90.939 which were insignificantl} differ due U. different phases ofestrus respectively The greater lengths ofthe right ,and left horn were 17.270 & l7.769 cm while the leaser lengths were I i. 974 & l2.542 cm respectively which were insignificantly differ due to different oiuses of estrus . However the mean different of the right & left horns were 1 £62 & 1 .339 cm respectively which were significantly differ due to different phases of: strus; met estrus , showed the highest values

The inhibitory effects of five extracts.‘ ‘(S0 aclueouis lethanollil ':abetone,' ethylacetate, chloerform and water) from F oeniculum Vulgare (L) Mill, on the growth of Gram-positive bacteria (seven isolates) and Gram-negative bacteria (seven isolates) werebyusing the paper disc plate method (1). All the investigated extracts exhibited various degree of inhibition on all tested bacteria, except 50% aqueous ethanal extract ‘which _was unable to inhibit the growth of Bacillus. subtilis A bacteria

As a component of a large research programme to evaluate the effects. of contaminants on fish health in the fields , histopathological studies have been conducted to help establish meat of causal relationships between contaminants exposure and various biological responses and use of those responses as biomarker to aquatic pollution . Two fish species C. carpio and L. abu were sampled from four sites near of industrialize and human pollution areas from _ Shatt Al-Arab River ,while the fifth place was considered as control because it's far located from direct pollution sources . Some of histological and physiological alterations were examined in both gills and blood . The alterations were significantly higher in fish collected from two places ( 1 & 2 ) compare with other sites , histological was represented by hyperplasia , hypertrophy , bleeding , inflammations , edema , necrosis , epithelial separation and clubbing shaped , while , physiological was represented‘ by decrease of Na+ , K+ , Ca” concentrations , Chloride cells number and increase of respiratory diffusion distance , in addition to , increase of micronuclear of red blood cells . all fish in fifth place didn't showed any histological and physiological responses and retained their rates of the normal level compares with other places

Sabouraud's dextrose (solid and liquid) medium has been used to examine the response of Candida albicans to Cobalt , Nickel , Silver , Copper and Lead in three doses per each (10 , 25 and 50) mg/l in different exposure periods . In the solid medium the number of colonies was not effected by all metals ions , except Ag ions'(25 and 50) mg/l which completely inhibited the colonies numbers . In the liquid medium the effect of these metals on the growth was in the following sequence Co , Ni . Ag , Cu and Pb respectively: ' Most elements studied: showed increase in- the ‘inhibition effect on the growth with A increasing the ions concentration in the medium , whilethe inhibition effect decreased with the increasing periods of exposure