Alireza Lotfi

Islamic Azad University | IAU

Prostatitis can occur at any age. After the prostate is enlarged, it put pressure on the urinary tracts and causes urinary symptoms. Factors influencing the prevalence of prostatitis include age, genetic, diet, cancer, hormonal factors, and environmental factors. A microbial infection most often causes prostatitis. In this systematic review study,...

Newcastle Disease (ND) was ranked as a List A and trade limited disease by the World Health Organization. It is one of the deadly diseases of domestic and zoo birds especially pheasants that are highly susceptible species to Newcastle disease virus (NDV). This study was designed to determine the humoral immune response (HIR) of thermostable NDV vac...

The aim of present study was to investigate the short-term and long-term effect of the peripheral administration of ghrelin on the growth performance (feed intake, weight gain, and feed conversion ratio), carcass quality, and selected serum biochemical (glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and total protein) and hormonal (T3, T4, and corticost...

Objective: The present study investigates the effect of intraperitoneally (IP)-administrated obestatin and short-term treadmill exercise on serum malondialdehyde (MDA) and lipid profile in rat model. Materials and Methods: Forty-five rats weighing 100 ± 5g were selected and divided into five experimental groups; Group-1/control was normally kept an...

The aim of present study was to investigate the effects of peripheral administration of ghrelin on performance and some serum parameters of Japanese quail. One hundred twenty 21 day-old male Japanese quails were divided into three groups for a 35 days experimental rearing period. The control group (G0) included no injection as an intact, the second...

Ghrelin is a multifunctional regulatory peptide that has widespread endocrine and metabolic effects in mammals and birds. The present study aimed to investigate the possible effect of ghrelin on blood hormone and biochemical indices in turkey. A total of forty-eight 28 day-old turkeys were divided into three groups for tests. Ghrelin was injected a...

The aim of present study was to investigate the effects of chemically synthesized of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) using citrate on selected blood biochemical parameters includes glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride and total protein in rats model. In this study Ag-NP was synthesized with the usage of chemical reduction method. Laboratory rats w...

Background Related reviews reveal that the impact of obestatin (with or without exercise) on the level of ghrelin has not been investigated. The present study investigates the possible effect of intraperitoneally (IP)-administrated obestatin and short-term exercise on serum acyl-ghrelin and body weight in rats. Methods In present experimental stud...

In the present study, possible effects of peripheral administration of ghrelin antagonist [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 on chicken performance, thyroid hormones level and serum biochemical parameters were investigated. Broiler chicks divided into five experimental groups were reared up to day 42. On day 21, a treatment was assigned to the five groups: group 1 (c...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of intraperitoneal (IP) injection of ghrelin on goose performance. Hence, forty-eight 28-day-old geese were assigned into three treatments which lasted 40 days. The first intact group included no injection; that is, treatment 1 was characterized by G0; treatment 2, given to the second in...

With attention to beneficial effects of probiotics on glycemic status and cholesterol level, this study is conducted in order to answer the question of what affect the use of probiotic supplements on glycemic and lipidemic indices in body-builder athletes. Athletes were randomly assigned to two groups taking probiotic and placebo groups, respective...

Objective: The present study investigated the effects of different dosages of a GHS-R antagonist [D-Lys3] on some serum hormonal (cortisol, T3 and T4) and biochemical parameters in a rat. Materials and methods: Thirty-six 60-day-old male rats were assigned to four treatments. [D-Lys3]-GHRP-6 solutions were infused via intraperitoneal injections....

Nowadays, ghrelin has been identified in six species of birds (includes chickens, turkey, emu, goose, duck and Japanese quail). In present study, effect of exogenous ghrelin on serum insulin, T3, T4 and some biochemical parameters of geese were investigated. Forty eight 28d old geese were assigned in to 3 treatments and 4 replicates (include 4 bird...

The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of dietary cornelian cherry fruit (CCF) on plasma lipids, cortisol, T3 and T4 levels. Thirty six male hamsters were divided into four groups; Group1 (control) fed basal diet without CCF supplementation, group 2 which fed 5g CCF only at first daily meal, group3 which fed 10g CCF, at first and se...

The aim of present experiment was to investigate the possible effects of ip-injected (peripheral) cornelian cherry fruit (CCF) extract on serum ghrelin and corticosterone levels of experimental rat model. Animals were assigned into 6 experimental groups; group1 as control 1or intact group (without any injection treatment), group 2 as control 2 or p...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of in ovo ghrelin administration on serum thyroid hormones levels and serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, calcium (Ca), phosphate (P) concentrations and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in newly-hatched chicks. Fertilized eggs were divided into 5 groups; group G1 as control (intact or withou...

The aim of present experiment was to investigate the possible effects of ip-injected (peripheral) cornelian cherry fruit (CCF) extract on serum glucose and insulin levels of experimental rat model. Animals were assigned into 6 experimental groups; group1 as control 1or intact group (without any injection treatment), group 2 as control 2 or placebo...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of in ovo ghrelin administration on hatching weight, hatchability, and post-hatch performance of broiler chickens. One thousand fifty fertilized eggs were divided into 7 treatments (150 eggs/treatment): treatment C (control, intact without injection), treatment G50d5 (50 ng ghrelin/egg at day 5),...

The aim of present study was to estimating nutritional value of fresh or dried sunflower disc florets (SFDF) using in vitro gas production technique. Three fistulated native bulls fed experimental rations twice daily for 15 days, and ruminal fluid was collected for using in in vitro fermentation. Gas production of in vitro fermentation was measured...

Due to the high importance of engineering and technical fields from the point view of students attendance and application, in this study we have tried to analyze the relation between the average of diploma with the total average of associate period in fields of electronics, electro techniques, computer and mechanics, In the present study the averag...

This study was conducted to investigate the dietary supplementation of efficiency biscuit and wafer wastes (BWW) on performance, carcass traits and some of blood biochemical parameters in broiler chickens. The present experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design (CRD) includes 144 one-day-old chicks fed experimental diets included 0...

The aim of present study was to determine the effect of intermitted exposure to Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) and Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) during different periods of incubation on embryonic mortality, total hatchability and thyroid hormones level in hatched chicks. Experimental groups were classified as group 1 (control), with normal incubatio...

The body weight losses and serum biochemical indices are considered as major signs of diabetes mellitus. The aim of present research was to investigate possible changes in serum biochemical indices and live body weight in German shepherd dogs, as a laboratory model for diabetes studies. In this research, ten German shepherd dogs has been used for a...

Objective To evaluate the erythropoietic indicators in 42-day-old broiler chicks following intracerebrovascular injection of exogenous rat ghrelin at 21 day of age.MethodsA total of 90 male chicks were divided into three experimental groups including three replicates (10 chicks for each replicate): group 1 without any ghrelin injection, group 2 sub...

To investigate effects of in ovo ghrelin administration on serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level in newly-hatched chickens. Fertilized eggs were divided into 7 groups: group T1 as control (without injection), group T2 (in ovo injected with 50 ng/egg ghrelin on day 5), group T3 (in ovo injected with 100 ng/egg ghrelin on day 5), group T4 (in ovo injecte...

The aim of this study was to investigation on effects of in ovo administration of ghrelin on leukocytes count and heterophil/ lymphocyte (H/L) ratio in hatched chicks. 250 fertile eggs were divided to 5 groups; control or group 1 (without injection), group 2 (in ovo injected with 50 ng ghrelin at day 5), group 3 (in ovo injected with 100 ng ghrelin...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of Ziziphora (Thymyus valgaris), Oregano (Oreganum valgare) and Peppermint (Lamiaceae Mentha piperita) on performance [feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio (FCR)] and carcass characterization of broiler chickens. 240 ROSS strain broiler chicks were selec...

ABSTRACT: Ghrelin is a regulatory peptide in glucose homeostasis in animal species. Its effect in the avian embryo is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of in ovo ghrelin administration on serum glucose and insulin levels of hatched chicks. A total of 250 fertilized eggs were divided into 5 groups; group T1 as control (wi...

Ghrelin is a prolactin (PRL)-releasing factor in animal species. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of in ovo ghrelin administration on plasma PRL levels in hatched chicks. We divided 350 fertilized eggs into 7 groups: group T 1 as the control (without injection), group T2 (in ovo injected with solvent: 1% acetic acid, without ghr...

The aim of this study was to investigation on effects of dietary supplemented semi-refined sunflower oil with vitamin E (as anti-oxidant agent) on some of serum biochemical (glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, total protein and albumen) and immunological (heterophil, lymphocyte and H/R ratio) measures in laying hens. This study was conducted as 3×2...

Detrimental effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) on reproduction and secondary sex-ratio were reported in literatures. The aim of this study was to investigation on hazardous cell phones EMF effects pre- or during pregnancy on litter size and sex-ratio. Ninety two months old Syrian hamsters (45 male and 45 female) with same weight (1...

Mohammadreza Valilou, Jalal Shayegh, Behrad Eshratkhah, Alireza Lotfi; Hematopoietic measures in German shepherd dogs following Alloxan induced diabetes mellitus ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus involves most physiological functions include hematopoiesis. In this research, ten German shepherd dogs were provided; 5 of which was considered as experimental...

With attention to reported positive effects of in ovo leptin administration on hatching results of quail, aim of this study was to investigation of in ovo leptin administration on body weight (BW) and blood glucose concentration (BG) of hatched broiler chickens. 640 fertilized eggs with similar weight were divided into 5 groups; group T1 as control...

For investigation of crossbreeding efficiency in some skin characterizes in pure and crossbred cattle with Azeri Zebu, 100 head Azeri Zebu and pure breeds were divided into 4 group in 4 treatments, randomly. After cross breeding between zebu and pure cattle breeds, the diameters of skin in different parts of body were significantly increased in hyb...

Veterinary holds a great and long experience among the Turkish people like the other nations especially in folkloric literature and the part of literature which has prolonged among the villagers and conserved its own existence but its terms have not registered in their written forms. In a glimpse over the terms like rabies, enterotoxaemia, foot and...

The aim of this study was to investigate three-calcium phosphate (TCP) and mg contented bio-glass efficiency for healing of tibia bone defects in dogs as an animal model. Six male dogs (25-29 kg) were used. Animals were grouped; 1) dogs were treated for three months and 2) dogs were treated for six months that each group were included three dogs. F...

The aim of this study was to estimation of ascite incidence rates and related mortality rate in regional farms (survey on 10 selected broiler farms). We had examined chicken carcass in clinic taken from 10 selected broiler farms. We had separated carcasses with ascite signs and asked some relative question to farm manager about farm capacity, locat...

The effects of different levels of dietary fat on calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) absorption growth performance, Ca and P percentages of plasma, bone and ash were studied in broiler chickens (Ross 308) during 56-days rearing period. A total of 360 one-day-old chicks randomly assigned to eight experimental groups, three replicates (10 birds per each...

Aim of present study was to determine the effect of intermitted exposure to 50 Hz, 0.5 mT electromagnetic fields (EMF) during different periods of incubation on internal organ (liver, heart, spleen, intestine & gizzard-preventriculus) weights in newly-hatched chicks. Experimental groups were: group 1 (control), with normal incubation process and wi...

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of in ovo feeding of glucose on growth performances and carcass traits of broiler chickens. 720 fertile eggs were divided to five groups: 1) control group (no injection), 2) group including 0.5 ml deionized water (sham group), 3) group including 0.5 ml glucose 15% in deionized water, 4) group...

Present studies report the impact of two different pre-storage incubation (PRESI) periods (6 & 12 h) on embryo mortality and hatching efficiencies of Japanese quail eggs. In all, 540 quail eggs were obtained from a commercial Japanese quail flock, Differentiated into three treatments (with three replicates), containing 60 eggs each. Group I (contro...

The aim of study was to comparison of constant and pulsed ELF MF for body weight and blood glucose changes in animal model. twenty-eight female BALB/C mice were divided in to four experimental groups; group 1 or in exposure to constant 50 Hz MF for 20 day, group 2 or in exposure to 50 Hz constant MF (CMF) for 10 days, group 3 or in exposure to 50 H...

Twenty-four male Wistar rats were selected and divided into three groups (control, test group 1, test group 2). The test group 1 was exposed to EMF (50 Hz, 3 mT) 8 h a day, 6 d per week for 2 months. Test group 2 was exposed to EMF (50 Hz, 3 mT) 8 h a day, 6 d per week for 2 months but received orally 30 mg of vitamin E/d. Rats in the control group...

With attention to quality variations in commercial Dicalcium phosphates (DCPs) and their P bioavailability, aim of this study was to comparison of DCPs purchase from different Iranian factories in broiler grow performance. 256 male chickens (28-day old) were randomly selected for this experiment. 8 chickens with approximately same weight were place...

Aim of this study was to investigation on effect of in ovo administration of ghrelin on subsequent Leucine Aminopeptidase (LAP) activity in broiler chickens. In this experiment 250 fertilized eggs were collected from commercial breeder flock. The eggs were divided into five experimental groups; control T1 (without injection), group T2 (in ovo injec...

Influence of dietary vitamin E and zinc on performance, oxidative stability and some blood measures of broiler chickens reared under heat stress (35 °C) This study was conducted to determine the effects of vitamin E (αTA; dL-α-Tocopheryl acetate) and zinc (Zn; ZnCl 2 ) on performance, oxidative stability and some blood measures of broiler chickens...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common disease of the endocrine system in the body that is diagnosed by metabolic malfunction in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and proteins. This disease involves most tissues of the body and the consequent deficiencies reduce their efficiency, cause infections and diseases in the body. Alloxan is a chemi...

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of different type and levels of fat in diet on the fatty acids profile, cholesterol and triglyceride levels in thigh meat of male broiler chicks. Two hundred and fifty male broilers (Ross 308) were divided randomly into seven treatment groups in a completely randomized design. The experimental grou...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of replacement sodium selenite (SS, inorganic source) by Se-enriched yeast (SY, organic source) on growth performance and carcass traits in broiler chicken. Two hundred forty one-day-old male broilers were randomly assigned to 4 treatments in 4 replicates of 15 birds each. The starter diet was fed f...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) of slaughtered sheep and goats in Ahar Abattoir, Northwest of Iran. Out of 7.868 slaughtered animals examined for CE (hydatidosis) in liver and lungs (7.654 sheep and 214 goats), 25.40% were infected. The rates of lungs and liver CE were 15.28% and 6.08% in sheep,...

Abstract: In this experiment, the effect of dietary supplementation of fish oil with different antioxidant types and levels (selenium, α-tocopheryl acetate or the combination of both) on improving the oxidative stability and consumer acceptability of breast meat in male broilers were evaluated. 320 broiler cockerels (Ross 308) in 4 dietary treatmen...

Since recent researches on hydatidosis in Iran has reported high infection rates (particularly in the west and northwest regions), this study was done to evaluate the incidence rate of hydatidosis in slaughtered cattle and buffaloes of Ahar abattoir (Arasbaran Zone-northwestern Iran) and compare the results with previous researches in the other reg...

Mutations in the GJB2 gene-encoding connexin 26 protein are the main cause for autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss worldwide. In this study, we assessed the contributions made by GJB2 and del(GJB6-D13S1830) mutations to the autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness genetic load in Iranian Azeri Turkish patients. Probands from 209 differen...

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Nosema apis (Nosemosis) in Arasbaran region-northwestern Iran (one of the important Beekeeping centre in Iran).the sampling was conducted on the beekeeping regions located in Arasbaran towns and villages in the three different seasons of spring, summer and fall in the year 2008. The ra...

The aim of this study, is case report of taillessness abnormality in Iranian calves. Taillessness syndrome can be a lethal attribute in animals. In a village in the suburbs of Tabriz, a Northwestern city in Iran, a tailless calf was born. During the examinations and observations, no problem in digestion and faeces excretion was noticed and the calf...

In this study, the effects of exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) on plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels of adult male Syrian hamsters were evaluated. Seventy two hamsters were used in three independent groups, 24 of which served as controls (without exposure to stress and EMF), 24 of which were exposed to a 900 MHz EMF for 10...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) of slaughtered sheep and goats in Ahar Abattoir, Northwest of Iran. Out of 7.868 slaughtered animals examined for CE (hydatidosis) in liver and lungs (7.654 sheep and 214 goats), 25.40% were infected. The rates of lungs and liver CE were 15.28% and 6.08% in sheep,...

The effects of exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) on the serum cortisol and triiodothyronine-thyroxin (T3-T4) levels in adult male Syrian hamsters were evaluated. Seventy two hamsters were used in three independent groups: 24 served as controls (without exposure to stress and EMF), 24 were exposed to a 900 MHz EMF for 10 d, and 24 we...

In this study, the effects of exposure to a 950MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) emitted from cellular phones on serum testosterone and cortisol hormones rate of adult male Syrian Hamster were evaluated. Seventy two male Hamster in 3 groups include: group 1 or control group, group 2 or expose for 10 days and under 950 MHz EMF (emitted from Cellular P...

Use of honey as a medicinal product dates back to 2000 years ago and ever since, it`s been utilized in dressing wounds and healing burns.The honey produced by diverse herbal sources contains various antibacterial substances that lead to increase of antibacterial activity of the natural honey. It has a high Osmolarity and takes the lymph into the wo...

Hydatidosis is one of the parasitic diseases in different parts of the world such as middle-east. The most kinds of infected animals are sheep and camels at this region. Infection has geographical distribution in most of countries. So, in central parts, hydatidosis rate is less than frontier bands. Most of the cysts to be found in older animals tha...

Hydatid cyst is prevalence in animal rearing regions and it is often seen in the sheep as endemic form. Turkey and Iran are contaminated regions in hydatid cyst with considerable losses economically and hygienic problems. In this study, the lung of the sheeps to be inspected in Ardabil abattior. From 1430 slaughtered sheep, 335 heads of them are co...

________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was study the effect of three exercising, Isometric on under-skin fat rate in non-athlete boy students. So, among 15 non-athlete volunteer students with ages 20-27 years old, 12 students who were all healthy, without any surgery in chest, abdomen...