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This study was carried out to assess the influence of poultry feed dynamism on eggs production in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. Data were collected with the aid of interview guide. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select ninety respondents. The result revealed that 78.90% of the respondents were male, 91.10% of them were married with mean age of 37 years. The results also showed that 95.6% of the respondents did not have access to extension agents to obtain information. The finding also shows that all (100%) the respondents practiced feed dynamism because of poor feed scarcity. The result of the correlation revealed that poultry feeding practices had significant but inverse relationship on eggs production (r= -0.25 p

Food security and sustainable rural development are indispensible ingredients in attaining the Millennium Development goal (MDG) of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. The reduced time for food preparation and the increasing demand for processed food heighten the need for developing healthy, affordable food products, and appropriate processing systems to provide food to the rapidly growing population in developing countries. Mechanizing postharvest activities has not attracted much attention from international research organizations, while research on the improvement of agricultural production has received considerable attention and funding. However, there is an emerging consensus on the critical role that postharvest systems can play in meeting the overall goals of food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable agriculture particularly in developing countries. This study focuses on the trends in mechanizing various postharvest processing operations, and its impact in attaining food security and sustainable rural development. It also highlights the set-backs to mechanization of postharvest systems.

Background and Purpose. This case report documents the management of residual paralysis due to a rare and fatal disease – hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with Ayurveda. The purpose of this report is to illustrate the role of Ayurvedic treatment methodology for management of such neurological disorders. Case Description: Mrs. PM was a 31 year old lady who suffered from an attack of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis after her second delivery. She had left hemiplegia with right sided LMN facial palsy with nystagmus and loss of control of posture and whole-limb movements. Some residual ability to use the right hand and fingers remained, provided the trunk and right upper arm were stabilized. Her cognitive power remains undiminished. Computed tomographic scans verified acute bilateral paramedian pontine hemorrhage with intraventricular extension. It also showed chronic infarcts in bilateral external capsules. Discussion. 15 days treatment with Ayurvedic medicines and Panchakarma procedures including Nasya and Tarapan therapies showed significant improvement in nystagmus, postural abnormalities and whole – body movement.

A pot experiment was carried out in the plastic greenhouse at the Institute of Sustainable Agrotechnology (INSAT), University Malaysia Perlis in Sungai Chuchuh, Perlis, Malaysia. During season of the cultivation of 2014 investigate the impact of soil pH and cadmium on growth of corn plant (Zea mays L.). Twenty five were arranged in factorial experiments according to the Complete Randomized Design (CRD), with three replicates. Five levels of soil pH were, pH4, pH5.2 (i.e., the original value), pH6, pH7 and pH8 and five levels of cadmium (Cd); Cd 1, Cd 2, Cd 3, Cd 4 and Cd 0 where the amounts (2, 4, 6, 8 mg. kg-1 soil and control treatment without add cadmium) are applied as CdCl2. Thus, the total numbers of pots were 75 pots. The results of this investigation revealed that; The decrease of soil pH led to significant effect to increase concentration of cadmium in root, stem, leaves and grain of corn, where the level of pH 5.2 gave highest concentrations of Cd compared with pH 8. the interactions between soil pH and cadmium led to increase of reduced the accumulation of cadmium in the corn, where it gave the interaction between pH 8 and Cd 0 lowest concentration of cadmium in root, stem, leaves and grain.

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the predominant coliform species causing intramammary infections. Where in the present study, E. coli isolates were 18 strains (17.82%) followed by Enterobacter aerogenes 3 strains (2.97%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae one strain (0.99%) from 101 clinical mastitic milk samples of cows. Eighteen E. coli isolates were serotyped to nine different serogroups; O111:H4 (3), O127:H6 (3), O26 (2), O126 (2), O119:H6 (1), O114:H21 (1), O55:H7 (1), O44:H18 (1), O124 (1) and (3) untyped. Virulence tests were performed on the 18 isolated E. coli, it was found that 15 isolates (83.3%) were serum resistant, 13 isolates (72.2%) had Congo Red binding activity, 6 isolates (33.3%) were invasive and one isolate (5.6%) had haemolytic activity. PCR was applied to detect the presence of Shiga like toxin producing E. coli (stx1 and stx2 genes) on the nine different strains (one strain for each serogroup), where stx1 and stx2 were found in 8 (88.9%) and 4 (44.4%) of the nine examined strains, respectively. While stx1 and stx2 genes were found together in 3 strains (33.3%). Conclusions: E. coli isolates usually posses one or more virulence factors that may help in establishment at the infection site and subsequently causing clinical bovine mastitis.

This descriptive study was done on 101 milk samples obtained from clinically mastitic dairy cows in Assiut Governorate, Egypt. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was the main causative agent of clinical mastitis (34.65%) followed by S. saprophyticus (10.89%), S. intermedius and S. epidermidis (8.91%, for each). The other causative agents (non Staph. Spp.) were identified. Sensitivity test of S. aureus isolates was performed against 11 antimicrobial agents, where found that 21 S. aureus strains (60%) were methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Ten MRSA strains were subjected for: I- slime-producing factor on Congo Red Agar (CRA) plates phenotypically, as 6 isolates (60%) were positive for slime production. II- PCR which was optimized targeting mecA, icaA and icaD genes, where 5 isolates (50%) were positive for mecA gene. Six isolates (60%) and 8 isolates (80%) were positive for icaA and icaD genes, respectively. Five strains (50%) were positive for both icaA and icaD genes. Also 3 strains (30%) were positive for all mecA, icaA and icaD genes. Conclusion, it was concluded that bovine staphylococcal mastitis was the most predominant issue where S. aureus was the main cause. Detection of mecA gene in S. aureus isolates indicating that several cases suffering from S. aureus mastitis have an MRSA problem. Genotypic determination of mecA gene proved the most reliable method for detection of methicillin-resistant S. aureus. The present work paid an attention to the 3 MRSA strains (30%) were positive to all tested genes rather than slime production as the worst isolated strains all over this study (multidrug resistant, slime producing as well as carrying mecA, icaA and icaD genes). In vitro Enrofloxacin, Gentamicin and Doxycycline the most effective drugs for Staph. spp. clinical mastitis and should be recommended for treatment of such cases of bovine mastitis.

Field experiment were conducted at farmer’s field, Devanur village, Ariyalur District of Tamil Nadu during 2008 to study the Different Levels of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Application for Growth, Flowering and Yield Attributes of glori lily. There were Five different treatments viz., Control (T0), 100 per cent recommended N (T1), 75 per cent recommended N (T2), 50 per cent recommended N (T3) and 25 per cent recommended N (T4). The treatments were replicated four adopting RBD design. The growth and yield attributes of glori lily viz., plant height, leaf area index, number of primary branches plant-1, number of secondary branches plant-1, number of tertiary branches plant1,drymatter production (kg ha-1), days to fifty per cent flowering, number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1 and hundred seed weight (g), were favorably increased by the application of 100 per cent recommended N (T1). Seed and tuber yield (Kg ha-1) were greatly increased and the maximum seed and tuber yield were recorded. The uptake of NPK by glori lily was significantly increased by the above treatment combination. Application of 100 per cent recommended N (120 kg ha-1) (T1) gave the highest Gross income, Net income and return per rupee invested. Based on the above results, it can be concluded that inorganic use of 100 per cent recommended N (120 kg ha-1) is found to be an appropriate agro-technique for augmenting the productivity and profitability of glori lily without altering the soil fertility. It is a basic constituent in all proteins, enzymes, chlorophyll, certain parts of nucleus and hormone. The supply of nitrogen is related to carbohydrates utilization for growth and development process.

Background: Yoga is becoming popular worldwide and many studies and systematic reviews are being published with scientific evidence of its health promoting abilities and therapeutic potential in various psychosomatic conditions. Aims and objective: This short review paper takes a bird’s eye view of some health promoting benefits of yoga with regard to different systems as understood by modern medical physiology. Possible mechanisms for such physiological, biochemical and psychological effects are elucidated with references. Conclusion: Though most of the research studies and systematic reviews give evidence of in enhancing physiological functions of virtually every system, more exhaustive and rigorous studies are still advocated required to establish these positive benefits in conclusive terms. It is important to not forget the qualitative aspects of such benefits in our quest for quantitative findings when dealing with mind-body therapies and lifestyle modifications that have preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative potential as an adjunct therapy.