Biological Evaluation of Pupalia lappacea for Antidiabetic, Antiadipogenic, and Hypolipidemic Activity Both In Vitro and In Vivo by Vivek Kumar, Parag Jain, Kalpana Rathore, Zabeer Ahmed

“…Male Albino rats were rendered diabetic by a single moderately sized dose of STZ (45 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) at once before starting the treatment. Animals were divided into five groups: normoglycemic control, diabetic control, reference group (glibenclamide, 5.0 mg/kg), AS001 (250 mg/kg extract), and AS002 (500 mg/kg extract) each containing six animals for in vivo study. …”
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Effect of Age and Breed on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Beni-Guil and Ouled-Djellal Sheep Breeds by Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Aziz Tikent, Yassin Taaifi, Mohamed Boukharta, Hana Caid Serghini, Ahmed Elamrani

“…The objective of this study is to determine the effects of breed and age at slaughter on carcass traits and meat quality. The animals were slaughtered at three age classes: milk teeth, animals with two adult teeth, and adult animals. …”
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Epidemiology and transmission patterns of Cryptosporidium spp., and Giardia duodenalis within a One Health framework in rural areas of Eastern Algeria by Sadiya Maxamhud, Nassiba Reghaissia, AbdElKarim Laatamna, Eleni Gentekaki, Anastasios D. Tsaousis

“…These included human and animal faeces, as well as water and soil samples. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Synthetic Wastewaters Using Different Adsorbents by Emmanuel A. Oluyemi, John A.O. Oyekunle, Samuel O. Olasoji

“…The corresponding order for Pb 2+ ions at a pH value of 7 employing a column of 50 cm length was: Amberlite resin (99.98 ± 7.53%) > plantain peel charcoal (98.37 ± 7.95%) > technical charcoal animal powder (97.91 ± 6.83%) > activated wood charcoal (96.39 ± 7.06%).…”
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Cyclosporine and Herbal Supplement Interactions by D. Colombo, L. Lunardon, G. Bellia

“…Decreased CyA blood concentration has been shown with St John’s wort in case reports and, in vivo animal studies, with ginger, liquorice, scutellariae radix, and quercetin. …”
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La primatologie actuelle et future, perspectives pluridisciplinaires by Jérôme Grenèche

“…First, in a perspective of fundamental research primarily aimed at a better understanding of the subjective world of our closest relatives, then for purposes of animal-welfare and conservation of captive individuals. …”
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Role of intestinal mucin-2 in the effectiveness of the treatment of Helicobacter spp. infection in laboratory mice by E. A. Litvinova, M. D. Belyaev, A. V. Prokhortchouk, V. S. Korostina, E. B. Prokhortchouk, E. N. Kozhevnikova

“…Antibiotics may be ineffective or even dangerous to humans or animals deficient for mucin-2 because of the risk of sepsis and chronic inflammation. …”
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Environmental Enrichment Induces Changes in Long-Term Memory for Social Transmission of Food Preference in Aged Mice through a Mechanism Associated with Epigenetic Processes by Simona Cintoli, Maria Cristina Cenni, Bruno Pinto, Silvia Morea, Alessandro Sale, Lamberto Maffei, Nicoletta Berardi

“…Whether EE can enhance system consolidation in aged animals has not been tested; in particular, whether the early tagging mechanisms in OFC areas are deficient in aged animals and whether EE can ameliorate them is not known. …”
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Probiotics: Comprehensive Exploration of the Growth Promotion Mechanisms in Shrimps by Joanna Xuan Hui Goh, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Kooi-Yeong Khaw, Gokhan Zengin, Kok Gan Chan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Learn-Han Lee, Bey-Hing Goh

“… As feed accounts for a significant proportion of a farm’s expenditure, animal nutrition is one of the key profit determinants. …”
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Investigating SARS-CoV-2 Neutralising Antibody Response in Sheep by Milena Samojlović, João R. Mesquita, Sérgio Santos-Silva, Malin Neptin, Joakim Esbjörnsson

“…SARS-CoV-2 can cause clinical and inapparent disease and mortality in several animals cohabitating with humans, and sheep are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 due to virus–receptor interactions similar to those in humans. …”
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The determination of alpha naphthyl acetate esterase (anae) positivity in peripheral blood leukocytes of kyrgyzstan?s mountain yaks (bos grinniens) by Nariste Kadıralieva, Emrah Sur, Yasemin Öznurlu, Tuğba Özaydın

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> Studies on Kyrgyzstan mountain yaks have been extremely limited due to their living conditions and aggressive temperaments of these animals. Therefore, any kind of structural, histological, enzyme histochemical, physiological, biochemical and anatomical studies on these animals, as well as case reports of various diseases that may be faced by veterinary clinicians or academicians working in the country, will guide the studies to be carried out on these animals in future.…”
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Molecular Imaging of Cathepsin B Proteolytic Enzyme Activity Reflects the Inflammatory Component of Atherosclerotic Pathology and Can Quantitatively Demonstrate the Antiatheroscler... by Dong-Eog Kim, Jeong-Yeon Kim, Dawid Schellingerhout, Soo-Min Shon, Sang-Wuk Jeong, Eo-Jin Kim, Woo Kyung Kim

“…The CatB-related signal, observed in the aortas but not in the cerebral arteries, correlated very well with protease activity and the presence of macrophages on histology. Animals on Western diets could be distinguished from animals on a normal diet. …”
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Primary school children’s oral hygiene knowledge assessed with different educational methods: a cross-sectional study by Canan Bayraktar Nahir, Alem Coşgun, Necibe Damla şahin, Halenur Altan

“…The students were assigned to one of three groups: a verbal explanation group, an animation group, or a peer-led reels group. Before and after the intervention, the students completed questionnaires assessing their oral hygiene knowledge. …”
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Effects of Whole-Body 50-Hz Magnetic Field Exposure on Mouse Leydig Cells by Zsolt Forgács, Zoltán Somosy, Györgyi Kubinyi, Hanna Sinay, Jozsef Bakos, György Thuróczy, András Surján, Aranka Hudák, Ferenc Olajos, Péter Lázár

“…The MF exposure did not affect the animal growth rate and the observed hematologic and serum chemical variables. …”
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The Effects of Infliximab on Laminin, NFκB, and Anti-TNF Expression through Its Effect on Ischemic Liver Tissue by Remzi Adnan Akdogan, Yildiray Kalkan, Levent Tümkaya, Halil Rakici, Elif Akdogan

“…A total of 30 male Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups: Control (C), sham I/R (ISC), and I/R+ infliximab (ISC inf); each group comprised 10 animals. C group animals underwent laparotomy without I/R injury. …”
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Heart-Derived Stem Cells in Miniature Swine with Coronary Microembolization: Novel Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model to Assess the Efficacy of Cell-Based Therapy by Gen Suzuki, Rebeccah F. Young, Merced M. Leiker, Takayuki Suzuki

“…At 2 months after embolization, animals (n=11) were randomized to receive allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells derived from atrium (CDCs: 20 × 106, n=5) or saline (untreated, n=6). …”
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Levamisole, as a viral vaccine adjuvant, induces robust host defense through the modulation of innate and adaptive immune responses by Gang Sik Kim, Dong Yun Kwak, Hyeong Won Kim, Seokwon Shin, Mi-Kyeong Ko, Seong Yun Hwang, So Hui Park, Dong Hyeon Kim, Jong-Hyeon Park, Su-Mi Kim, Min Ja Lee

“…We conducted in vitro studies using murine peritoneal exudate cells (PECs) and porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in vivo studies using mice (experimental animals) and pigs (target animals). We evaluated levamisole-mediated modulation of the innate and adaptive immune responses; early, mid-term, and long-term immune-inducing effects; modes of action; and host defense against viral infection.ResultsLevamisole treatment promoted IFNγ secretion in murine PECs and porcine PBMCs. …”
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Detection of Bovine IgG Isotypes in a PPA-ELISA for Johne's Disease Diagnosis in Infected Herds by Bárbara Fernández, Liliana Rosa Gilardoni, Ana Jolly, Silvia Beatriz Colavecchia, Fernando Alberto Paolicchi, Silvia Leonor Mundo

“…Detection of subclinically infected animals is difficult, hampering the control of this disease. …”
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Diverged Populations Admixture Bolsters Genetic Diversity of a New Island Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) Population, but Does Not Prevent Subsequent Loss of Genetic Variation by Rujiporn Thavornkanlapachai, Harriet R. Mills, Kym Ottewell, Cathy Lambert, J. Anthony Friend, Daniel J. White, Zahra Aisya, W. Jason Kennington

“…Mating success of captive animals based on the pedigree suggests that this bias toward one source population was due to founder mortality and the mating success of younger and heavier animals. …”
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Brain aquaporin-4 expression in the rat septic model (immunohistochemical study) by T.V.  Shulyatnikova, V.O. Tumanskiy

“…From the 12th h after CLP all animals showed the progressive impairment of sepsis signs and therefore, 9 rats were euthanized between 20-38 h (“CLP-B”, non-survived); 11 animals survived up to 48 h (con­stituted “CLP-A”, survived). …”
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