Abstract Background Canine babesiosis (or piroplasmosis) is endemic in northern Portugal, but molecularly confirmed cases of infection Gloves with small piroplasms have not been reported in the country.Three German shepherd dogs - a bitch and its 2-month old pup and an unrelated male - clinically suspected of piroplasmosis were assessed for babesia
Hydrodynamic pressure exerted on a plunge pool slab by jet impingement is of high interest in high dam projects.The present study experimentally investigated the characteristics of pressure induced by a jet through a constant width flip bucket (CFB) and a slit flip bucket (SFB).A pressurized plane pipe was employed in the flume experiments to contr
Abstract Background Structural variations in the form of DNA insertions and deletions are an important aspect of human genetics and especially relevant to medical disorders.Investigations have shown that such events can be detected via tell-tale discrepancies in the aligned lengths of paired-end DNA sequencing reads.Quantitative aspects underlying
Elopichthys bambusa is an economically important freshwater fish with high nutritional value.In this study, we compared domesticated and wild fish at the physiological, biochemical, histological, and molecular levels to better understand the changes that occur in farmed fish in order to provide ideas about how to optimize the artificial feed formul
Boron is an essential micronutrient necessary for plant growth at optimum concentration.However, at high concentrations boron affects plant growth and is toxic to cells.Aqueous extract of plant-derived smoke has been used as a growth regulator for the last two decades to improve seed germination and seedling vigor.It has been established that plant