June 2014
Biofertilizer, a way towards organic agriculture: A review
Fertilizers supply essential plant nutrients, mainly nitrogen (N), potassium (K) and phosphorous (P). These fertilizers increase the yield of the crop but they cause several health hazard. Due to the several health hazard, consumer preferences shift towards the use of the organic food grown without use of any chemical. In recent years, biofertilizers have emerged as an important component for biological nitrogen...
June 2014
Seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and field performance of inactivated vaccine in Borana pastoral area, southern Ethiopia
This study was conducted between September 2012 and May 2013 in three Districts of Borana pastoral area to determine seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) and assess field performance of inactivated commercial vaccine, produced by the National Veterinary Institute (NVI) in Ethiopia, against CCPP. Both pre and post vaccination sera samples were tested using competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent...
June 2014
Epidemiology and public health significance of bovine tuberculosis in and around Sululta District, Central Ethiopia
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 858 dairy cows, 1107 slaughter animals and 58 dairy workers in and around Sululta District to investigate the epidemiology and public health importance of bovine tuberculosis (BTB). To that end, comparative intradermal tuberculin test (CIDT), post-mortem examinations, bacteriological analysis, molecular typing and questionnaire survey were employed. The herd and individual animal...
June 2014
Antimicrobial activity of Rosa damascena petals extracts and chemical composition by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis
Antimicrobial activity of alcoholic and aqueous extracts from Rosa damascena was evaluated against 10 pathogenic microorganisms. Minimum inhibition concentration (MIC), Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and the diameter of inhibition zone (DIZ) were determined by in vitro bioassays using hole-plate diffusion method and broth micro-dilution method (BMD) against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923,...
June 2014
Yellow fever and dengue fever viruses' serosurvey in non-human primates of the Kedougou forest galleries in Southeastern Senegal
The potential risk of non-human primates in Senegal to be natural hosts for arboviruses of importance for human has been assessed. A total of 58 wild monkeys, including 14 Erythrocebus patas and 44 Chlorocebus sabaeus, were trapped at three sites within forest galleries and the nearby village of Ngari, in the Kedougou area, Southeastern Senegal. Blood samples were taken and sera analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent...
June 2014
Antimicrobial potential of Rothmannia longiflora Salisb and Canna indica Linn extracts against selected strains of fungi and bacteria
This study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial activities of the methanolic extract of Rothmannia longiflora and Canna indica leaves against 10 pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains. The methanolic extract from the two plants were screened for their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against the microbial growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...
June 2014
Myco-epidemiologic and genetic study of dermatophytosis and non-dermatophytes in Middle Euphrates, Iraq
Dermatophytes are the most prevalent infections in human and animals. These infections can cause disease in all age groups and sexes. The objective of this study was to assess the age and sex prevalence, the site of involvement of different kinds of dermatophytes and an evolutionary study of cross sections type in a private clinic patients attended in Middle Euphrates provinces of Iraq (Babylon, Najaf, Dewania and...
June 2014
Inhibitory activities of Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. and Cordia sebestena Linn. on selected rapidly growing mycobacteria
The plants Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. [Malvaceae previously Bombacaceae] and Cordia sebestena Linn. [Boraginaceae] used in this study were selected to investigate and justify their local use in the treatment of cough, catarrh, sore throat, pneumonia and tuberculosis, all of which are associated with respiratory tract infections. The antimycobacterial activities of these plants were investigated in Mycobacterium...
June 2014
Effect of adding chlorhexidine to calcium enriched mixture (CEM) on its antimicrobial activity
In recent years, a new endodontic cement, calcium enriched mixture (CEM) has been introduced; with clinical applications similar to those of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). It has been shown that CEM has higher antibacterial activity than MTA. On the other hand, use of chlorhexidine (CHX) to promote the antibacterial activity of different dental materials is increasing. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the...
June 2014
Characterization of cellulase producing from Aspergillus melleus by solid state fermentation using maize crop residues
The production of cellulase by the yellowish orange sclerotia producing species, Aspergillus melleus UPAR01 on lignocellulosic material by solid state fermentation (SSF) was investigated. The first experiment was conducted to find out the colony radial growth rate (Kr) of fungus on solid medium using potato dextrose agar (PDA) and incubated at 30°C in the dark. The result shows that the average Kr value of A....
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