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BackgroundWarts are one of the most common, persistent, and frustrating cutaneous problems encountered in dermatology clinical practice especially in younger generations.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of warts in primary school children in Tema District, Sohag, Egypt, and to determine possible factors associated with transmission.Participants and methodsA school-based cross-sectional (prevalence) study was carried out during the academic year 2015–2016 in six primary schools in Tema District, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. A total of 1045 students were examined. Data was collected using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire which was taken home by the student to be completed by his/her caregiver.ResultsAmong 1045 examined school students, 108 students were diagnosed as having warts with a prevalence rate of 10.3%. Common wart was the most common type among students (49.0%) followed by plantar and plane warts (24.1%, each) while genital wart was the least one (2.8%). There was no significant sex or age difference. The prevalence of warts was significantly higher among students from public schools, rural areas, and big families; students with lower paternal education level; and students who were sharing shoes, walking barefoot, having contact with house pets, or exposed to water channels.ConclusionWarts, especially the common variant, are highly prevalent in primary school children. The significant factors associated with the development of warts in these children were big family size and sharing shoes. Other significant associated factors included living in rural areas, attending public schools, illiterate parents, fathers with manual work, and swimming in water canals.

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of germination in improving the nutritive value of grain sorghum and the effect of using germinated sorghum (GS) as partially or completely replacement of yellow corn in growing Japanese quail diets on growth performance, carcass characteristics and some blood parameters. A total number of two hundred and sixty-four 10-day-old Japanese quails were randomly distributed into four dietary treatment groups (each of 66), each treatment subdivided into 3 replicates (each of 22). Quail chicks in the first group fed corn-based diets (2922 kcal/kg feed and 24% crude protein) and served as control, while the chicks in the second, third and fourth groups received diets containing germinated sorghum as replacement of diet corn at levels 25, 50 and 100%, respectively. Results indicated that the inclusion of GS at all levels in growing Japanese quail diets had no significant effect on body weight, body gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics measured among all dietary treatments. Blood cholesterol decreased significantly in birds fed GS at levels 50 and 100% as replacement of yellow corn compared to the other birds. Nevertheless, triglyceride significant reduced in group of birds that fed dietary GS at level 100% of yellow corn compared to the other groups. In conclusion, germinated sorghum could be safely incorporated in Japanese quail diets as replacement of yellow corn to improve growth rate and reduce the levels of serum cholesterol and triglyceride.

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of the addition of different concentrations of licorice extract (LE) in drinking water on the growth performance, carcass characteristic and some blood parameters of Japanese quails aged 2 to 7 weeks. A total number of 90 Japanese quail chicks 14-day old were randomly distributed into three experimental treatments, each one was subdivided into 3 replicates (10 birds / replicate). Birds in the first group provided drinking water without any addition and considered as control, whereas birds in second (T1) and third (T2) treatments were provided with 100 or 450mg LE/liter drinking water, respectively. The results indicated that males received 450 mg LE/liter showed the highest (P<0.05) final body weight and body weight gain followed by those received 100 mg LE/liter compared with the control group. However, the final body weight and body weight gain of female quail did not effected by licorice extract concentrations. In terms of feed intake and feed conversion ratio, males that received 450 mg LE /liter recorded the lowest (P<0.01) feed intake followed by control and treatment 1 (100mg LE/liter) and showed better (P<0.01) feed conversion ratio compared to the other treatments. Also, the feed intake of females showed the same trend of males without significant differences in feed conversion ratio among all treatments. LE concentration had no effect on carcass percentages of both males and females compared to control. The highest of triglycerides and Aspartate Aminotransferase AST were observed in males of control and 450mg LE groups compared to the other treatment. Moreover, female Alanine Transaminase ALT and AST decreased in LE treatments than the controls. However, Tri iodothyronine T3 and Thyroxin T4 hormones increased significantly (P<0.05) in treatment 1 than control and treatment 2. In conclusion, the results of this study indicated that adding licorice extract to drinking water at100mg/L and 450mg/L improved some traits of growing quail's performance at 7 weeks of age.

This experiment was designed to evaluate the effects of synbiotic and garlic powder as alternatives to antibiotic on growth performance and carcass criteria of Japanese quails until 42 days of age. In a complete randomized block experimental design, a total number of 156 unsexed one-day-old Japanese quails were allocated randomly distributed into three equal groups; treatment group consisted of four replicates of 13 each. All birds were kept under the same managerial conditions. The first group (C) was fed the basal diet with antibiotic (Amoxicillin) 1g/kg diet and served as control, while the second (T1) and the third (T2) groups were fed the basal diets supplemented with synbiotic (PoultryStar ® sol) and garlic powder (Allium sativum) at the level of 1g and 20g/kg diet, respectively. The results indicated that birds fed diet supplemented with 1g synbiotic/kg diet had significant (P≤0.05) higher body weight, daily body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio as compared with T2 and C groups. Group T1 had no mortalities. Carcass, liver, gizzard and giblets percentages were significantly (P<0.05) higher in T1 group compared with other groups, while, the highest value (P≤0.05) of abdominal fat% was obtained in control one. From these results, it could be concluded that the supplementation of 0.1% synbiotic as an alternative to antibiotic in Japanese quails diets were highly recommended to obtain higher growth performance and carcass criteria.