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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52959#.VK3oXsnQrzE Author(s)    Mengmei Li 1 , Lanyu Li 1,2 , Jun Zhang 1,2 , Vinod Verma 3 , Qingyou Liu 1,2 , Deshun Shi 1,2* , Ben Huang 1,2*   Affiliation(s) 1 School of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China . 2 State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, China . 3 Centre of Biotechnology, Nehru Science Centre, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India . ABSTRACT Bona fide embryonic stem cell (ESC) lines from livestock species have been challenging to derive and maintain, contrasting mouse and human ESCs. However, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) generated by reprogramming somatic cells tender an option, as they display characteristic features of ESC. The comprehension that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) could be created with in no tim...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52642#.VJzMEcCAM4 Author(s)    Sarah I. Umeh 1* , Chika Paulinus Enwuru 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria . 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Imo State College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Amaigbo, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Food animals are important reservoirs of infectious pathogens. The use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals is a major source of selection of drug resistant pathogens. This study investigated a total of 1000 faecal samples of livestock and poultry between January 2012 and March 2013 to determine the prevalence rate of Salmonella s...