New record of Haematotrephus nittanyense (Zeliff ,1946) Parasitized in the respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White tailed Plover Chettusia leucura birds in Thi Qar Province - Iraq

Digenetic trematode, Haematotrephus nittanyense is isolated from respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White-tailed Plover Chettusia Leucurus,shot in Al- Chibayish marshes , Eastern of Thi Qar province from December 2012 to November 2013 .The Prevalence in those birds are 17.03 , 2.15 % respectively . Mean intensity of infection 2.8 , 1.2 respectively.. This trematode is recorded for the first time in Iraqi birds,taxonomically described and illustrated

New record of Haematotrephus nittanyense (Zeliff ,1946) Parasitized in the respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White tailed Plover Chettusia leucura birds in Thi Qar Province - Iraq

Digenetic trematode, Haematotrephus nittanyense is isolated from respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White-tailed Plover Chettusia Leucurus,shot in Al- Chibayish marshes , Eastern of Thi Qar province from December 2012 to November 2013 .The Prevalence in those birds are 17.03 , 2.15 % respectively . Mean intensity of infection 2.8 , 1.2 respectively.. This trematode is recorded for the first time in Iraqi birds,taxonomically described and illustrated

Cytotoxic Activity of Enteromorpha intestinalis Extracts against Tumor Cell-Line HeLa

Two extracts (methanol and hexan) were extracted from green algae  Enteromorpha intestinalis which is isolated from Basra / Iraq, the cytotoxic activity of these extracts were evaluated by using MTT assay on HeLa cells in vitro , according to the results both extracts are effectiveness on cancer cells with the superiority of methanol extract , the IC50 of methanol extract was 79.08µg/ml and 156.3µg/ml for hexan extract . Also during the current study a number of cytotoxic compounds were isolated from both algal extracts according to the chemical analysis results by using Gc mass technique , these compounds are loliolide , palmitic acid , ethyl palmitate , phytol and squalene from methanol extract while the hexane extract contains palmitic acid , ethyl palmitate and dibutyl phthalate. Keywords : Enteromorpha intestinalis , cytotoxic activity, HeLa cell

Preparation of some allergens from shrimp meat and evaluated of their ability to anaphylaxis's in patients suffering from shrimp allergy in Basra province ,south of Iraq

one hundred and ninety sera from subjects were tested by direct and indirect ELISA test for IgE antibodies against raw and cooked shrimp antigen respectively. The result showed that the total IgE 100>IU/ml in patients had a higher rate (98.4 %) with significant difference( p<0.01) between total IgE 100< IU/ml. distribution of shrimp antigens (raw and cooked) was determined by indirect specific IgE based ELISA, the result of this test revealed that the overall rate ( 57.3%, 74.2%) respectively of allergic patients were seropositive against all tested allergens. According to the sex of allergic patients, the female had a higher rate ( 69.2 % ) of seropositivity against raw allergens was than that of males ( 51.2 % ) with significant difference (p<0.05) between them. In concern to the effect of age on the seropositivity, the highest rate ( 60%) was observed in allergic patients (10-20 )years of age, There was no significant effect (p>0.05) for the age of allergic patients. Also, specific IgE seropositivity against the tested cooked allergens showed a higher rate in females (84.6 %) with significant difference (p<0.05) compared with males. While the effect of age on the seropositivity, other age group showed higher rate ( 83.3 %) in the 4th age group (41-50)years another age group, there was no significant difference between other age group ( p>0.05 ). Key words : Allergens,  shrimp   ,  anaphylaxis'