Masoud Ghorbanpour

Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

[ 1 ] - Bacteriological study of urine and its relationship with histopathological findings of bladder and kidney in river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

BACKGROUND:Cystitis and pyelonephnitis in ruminants mostoften result from ascending urinary tract infection (UTI).OBJECTIVES: Investigating the prevalence of urine infection andits relationship with histopathological findings of bladder andkidney. METHODS: This study was carried out on 353 slaughteredbuffalos (143 female and 210 male) at Ahvaz abattoir, southwest ofIran. After slaughter, urinar...

[ 2 ] - The prevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection in ileocecal valve of cattle slaughtered in Ahvaz abattoir, southern Iran

To investigate the prevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis)infection among cattle slaughtered in Ahvaz abattoir, samples were taken from 250 cattle. Before slaughter,sex and age were assessed. Thereafter, samples were taken from ileocecal valve, rectum mucosa, ileocecallymph node and stool. All smears which taken from these samples were stained by Ziehl-Ne...