Serological studies on flocks showing depressed egg production

A serological investigation undertaken on flocks with depressed egg production. This syndrome is characterized either by a failure to attain predicted production targets or by a fail in egg numbers. The depression in production could reach over 30%. It might or might not return to normal. For a short period the eggs produced in some flocks were smaller, lose color, have poor egg shell strength and many soft shelled eggs are laid. Also, some flocks were suffering from mid respiratory symptoms and increase in mortality with decrease in feed intake. The results revealed that, no obvious correlation was found between antibody to adenovirus, [BDS76 and CELO], infection bronchitis virus [IBV], infections larengotracheitis virus [ILTV], avain encephalomyelitis virus [AEV], Newcastle disease virus [NDV], reovirus or infectious bursal disease virus [IBDV] and this syndrome

Nurses' Knowledge and attitude toward child abuse: tool development

The aim of the study was to develop a Child Abuse Assessment Tool [CAAT], to assess nurses knowledge and attitude toward child abuse, and to determine differences in knowledge and attitude according to nurses' categories [students, educators, and care providers] and education background [Secondary Nursing school [SNS] and High Institute of Nursing [HIN]]. This study included a stratified sample of 336 nurses. They were distributed into 3 main categories and divided into 6 groups. The study carried out in the working area of the subjects. From the results obtained it was concluded that knowledge level of nurses of different categories regarding child abuse ranged from moderate to high, while their attitude was unfavorable [negative]. Nurses emphasized certain sociodemographic factors influencing child abuse and agreed certain high risk children/ parents and specific forms of abuse