Acute toxic effects of several 12,13-epoxytrichothecenes were investigated in 1day-old broiler chicks by single oral doses. The 7-day median lethal dose values of purified 8-acetylneosolaniol, diacetoxyscirpenol, T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, neosolaniol, deacetyl-HT-2 toxin, and T-2 tetraol were 3.22 ± 0.26, 3.82 + 0.40, 4.97 +

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that consists of a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons, involving motor symptoms such as tremor, muscular rigidity, hypokinesia and postural instability. Subjects with Parkinson’s disease frequently present impaired postural control that leads to loss of balance and impaired gait performance. Evidences showed that there is a significant correlation between trunk mobility, balance and gait in subjects with Parkinson’s disease. So more severe is the trunk mobility in the Parkinson’s disease patient, more will be the difficulties with Balance and Gait Objectives: To determine the effect of core muscle training on improving balance and gait performance in Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease Materials and method: Thirty subjects were divided into two groups with 15 in each. Group A received core muscle training, with conventional exercise while Group B received conventional physiotherapy alone. Duration of treatment was 5 days /week for 6 weeks. Outcome measures were Tinetti POMA – Balance component and Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) used to assess balance and gait respectively. Pre score was taken before the first session and post score was taken after 6 weeks Results: There is statistically significant (p<0.05) difference between Group A and Group B. Group A showed greater statistically significant improvement in Tinetti POMA- Balance Component and FGA when compared with Group B Conclusion: This study primarily tried to analyze the effects of core muscle training along with conventional Physiotherapy on balance and gait performance in IPD patients and this study reveals that addition of core muscle training with conventional physiotherapy enhances faster recovery in patients with IPD Key words: Core muscle training; Balance; Gait performance; Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.

A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural College Farm, Dharwad during kharif 1984-85 to study the nutrient uptake in mests under different fertilizer levels. It was observed that N uptake increased with an increase in N levels. The P uptake varied from 10.73 to 12.56 kg/ha which indicated the low P requirement by mesta. On the other hand, the K uptake by mesta was more than N and P and showed higher K requirement.