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Life Sciences

Chicken

2005

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The Histochemical And Ultrastructural Structures Of Avian Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Fiber Types And Changes In Them Caused By Water Copper Level, Fati̇me Geyi̇koğlu, Özgen Vuraler, Aysel Temelli̇ Jan 2005

The Histochemical And Ultrastructural Structures Of Avian Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Fiber Types And Changes In Them Caused By Water Copper Level, Fati̇me Geyi̇koğlu, Özgen Vuraler, Aysel Temelli̇

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The histochemical and ultrastructural effects of water Cu on the anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of 120 newly hatched broilers were investigated in a 45-day experiment. Two doses of water Cu (250 mg Cu/kg water and 500 mg Cu/kg water) were given to the poults. Two distinct categories (IIIA and IIIB) of slow tonic fibers in the control groups were detected by enzyme reactions. The ultrastructure of the Z-line, mitochondrial content and sarcotubular content differed between the 2 fiber types. In the application of 250 mg Cu/kg water, the histochemical characteristics of the IIIB fibers were clearly different from those …


Isolation Of Clostridium Perfringens From Chickens And Detection Of The Alpha Toxin Gene By Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr), Hakan Kalender, Hasan Basri̇ Ertaş Jan 2005

Isolation Of Clostridium Perfringens From Chickens And Detection Of The Alpha Toxin Gene By Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr), Hakan Kalender, Hasan Basri̇ Ertaş

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was carried out to isolate Clostridium perfringens from chickens and to detect the gene encoding the alpha toxin produced by all types of C. perfringens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Intestinal contents of 160 slaughtered chickens from 8 different farms in Elazığ province were analyzed. C. perfringens was isolated from 8 (5%) of the samples. DNA samples extracted from suspected isolates grown on selective agar were amplified by PCR using a pair of primers derived from the alpha toxin gene. All of 8 suspected isolates were found to be C. perfringens by conventional methods and PCR. Isolates were …