| status of haemaphysalis tick infestation in domestic ruminants in iran. | the geographical distribution and ecological preferences of haemaphysalis in domestic animals in iran were studied 4 times a year from april 2003 to march 2005. a total of 1,622 ixodid tick specimens were collected from 3 different zones. among them, 108 (6.7%) haemaphysalis ticks, consisting of 6 species, were identified; h. punctata (3.4%), h. parva (0.5%), h. sulcata (0.6%), h. choldokovskyi (1.7%), h. concinna (0.06%) and haemaphysalis sp. (0.6%). h. punctata was the most abundant species, w ... | 2007 | 17570976 |
| leptin gene polymorphism in iranian native golpayegani and taleshi cows. | the objective of the present investigation was to study genetic variations in the exon ii of leptin gene in iranian golpayegani and taleshi cows. blood samples were collected from 76 golpayegani and 64 taleshi cows randomly selected from delijan city (esfahan province) and talesh city (guilan province) in iran, respectively. genomic dna was extracted from 100 micro litters of blood using guanidium thiocyanate-silica gel method. a 94 bp fragment from exon ii of the bovine leptin gene was amplifie ... | 2007 | 19093494 |
| The prevalence and fertility of hydatid cysts in buffaloes from Iran. | Cystic echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus is considered to be an important parasitic infection in livestock. In the present study, which aimed to determine the epidemiology of hydatidosis in buffalo in Iran, slaughterhouses of West Azerbaijan (Urmia), East Azerbaijan (Tabriz), Ardabil (Ardabil), Gilan (Rasht and Hashtpar) and Khuzestan (Ahvaz) were inspected. Age, sex and infected organs were recorded separately, and the observed cysts were examined for fertility and viability. Our ... | 2011 | 21923975 |
| seasonal study of aflatoxin m1 contamination in milk in five regions in iran. | between april 2003 and february 2004, 98 samples of raw milk were obtained from milk tanks in one dairy plant in each of five regions in iran. these were chosen with mean distances apart of 400 km, whereby they have different ecologies (temperature, relative humidity, etc.) and different agricultural products were used for animal feeding. samples (24-25 per season) were laboratory heat treated and were analyzed for aflatoxin m1 with a validated high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) syste ... | 2007 | 17391793 |
| phenotypic analysis of adults of fasciola hepatica, fasciola gigantica and intermediate forms from the endemic region of gilan, iran. | fascioliasis is an important human and animal disease caused by fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica. in iran, the distribution of these two species overlaps in most areas, including the northern human endemic province of gilan where both fasciolids are simultaneously found in individual cattle and buffaloes. a phenotypic study of fasciolid adult flukes from naturally infected bovines from gilan was carried out by means of an exhaustive morphometric analysis using traditional microscopic mea ... | 2006 | 16901748 |
| a survey on hydatidosis in livestock in northern iran based on data collected from slaughterhouses from 2004 to 2008. | data have been collected from slaughterhouses in three provinces across the northern iran (gilan, mazandaran and golestan) from march 2004 to march 2008. these data were collected to evaluate the prevalence of hydatidosis in slaughtered cattle, sheep and goats. during the study, 3,347,797 animals were slaughtered. these included 621,686 cattle, 1,719,725 sheep and 1,006,386 goats. the prevalence of infection in cattle, sheep and goats was 12%, 14.6% and 10.1%, respectively. the association of co ... | 2011 | 21665368 |