this study was aimed to determine abundance and body distribution of prm in laying hens of arak. a total of 1400 laying hens were randomly examined from january to june 2008. of those, 26 (92.86%) layer farms were found to be infested with dermanyssus gallinae (39.3%). there was significant association between prevalence and climatic conditions of the region. the most common predilection site o...

background and purpose: fascioliasis is one of the zoonotic diseases in the world that has public health and economic perspectives. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis in slaughtered cattle in the industrial slaughterhouse of arak, iran (2007-2010). materials and methods: this study sample was consisted of 648994 head of cattle including 292797 sheep, 81012 c...

the objective of this study was to explore the application of hybrid artificial neural network methods to predict heavy metals in rainwater based on major elements. measurements of the heavy metals pb, cu, zn, as, ni, hg, and fe in soluble rain fractions were performed in rainwater collected at the arak plain during the rainy seasons of 2012. in the soluble fractions, the concentrations of the ...

background: milk is regarded as a unique source of food for all ages. when milk is exposed to various contaminants, including lead and cadmium, it is considered a risk to humans. the presence of some metal pollutants, especially cd and pb, facilitates their entry into the food chain and thus increases the possibility of their toxic effects on humans and animals. therefore, we decided to check l...