October 2011
The effect of oral administration of honey and glucophage alone or their combination on the serum biochemical parameters of induced diabetic rats
The effects of feeding honey on normal and alloxan induced diabetes rats treated and untreated were studied. In the experimental design, 25 rats were divided into five groups of five rats each, with Groups I and II serving as the normal and diabetic control, while Groups III, IV and V were the diabetic test groups administered with glucophage 500 mg/kg, glucophage in combination with honey (500 and 10 mg) and...
October 2011
Mechanisms of endothelial cell protection by quercetin in hypercholesterolemia
Mechanism of quercetin for protection of endothelial cell was studied in cholesterol-fed rabbits. Thirtyrabbits were randomly divided into five groups. The negative control group was fed with a standard diet; the positive control group was fed with the same diet with 2% cholesterol; the quercetin group was fed with the same diet with 2% cholesterol...
October 2011
Technical report on laboratory outbreak investigation of sudden death syndrome in broiler chicken in Kathmandu valley Nepal 2009
The incidence of death of broiler birds above 40 days suddenly increased in the month of July to October 2009 in Kathmandu valley. Birds that were presented for post-mortem examination at the Central Veterinary Laboratory Tripureswor Kathmandu were usually found dead on their backs with wings out-stretched. Gross abnormalities recorded on post mortem examinations were: muscle oedema, pulmonary, renal and...
