Goat warble fly infestation is a subcutaneous myiasis, presents in many European and Asian countries. Between September 2004 and June 2005, Goat warble infestation was investigated in the Urmia abattoir. The number of infested animals, their sex and age, the number of maggots present on each animal, location and larval stage of warble flies were recorded. Warbles were counted, measured and isol...

the discharge data used for hydrological modeling should be the long-term suitable random data without trend and jump which is followed a specific statistical distribution. in this study, the above mentioned conditions were evaluated for 31 years period (1974-2004) of annual mean discharge data of 10 gauging stations of west azarbaijan province. for this purpose, the non-parametric spearman cor...

the freshwater crayfish of the aras reservoir is an important economic fisheries resource of west azarbaijan, iran. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infestation of crayfish seasonally in this area in 2010. among 390 different sizes of astacus leptodactylus which were examined,  a range of ectocommensals or ectosymbionts from a number of different phyla including ...

BACKGROUND Ignoring reproductive health services during natural disasters leads to some negative consequences such as reduced access to contraceptive methods, sexual disorders, and pregnancy complications. Despite previous researches, there is still more need for research on this area of health. This study attempts to identify the indicators of reproductive health in the women affected by the E...

intestinal coccidiosis, caused by eimeria species, is an economically-important disease of poultry production industry worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the prevalence of different eimeria species in the farmed broilers of khoy city, west azarbaijan, north west iran. a total of 26 broiler farms of different production capacities were arbitrarily selected and examined in 2013. in...

during 2012-2013 in a funistic survey of snails, several species of snails were collected and identified; both from orchards, farms and the weeds. in total, 18 species belonging to 17 genera out of 10 families are identified based on morphometric characteristics including (shape and size of operculum, aperture, dextral or sinistral of shell, pneumostome, keel, radula, renal ridge and reproducti...

investigates complaints incoming to the medical council of west azarbaijan province during 1385 to 1389     hemmati maslakpak m [1] , baghaie r [2] , yosefi m [3] ,ghavami h [4] *     received: 9 dec , 2012 accepted: 18 feb , 2013     abstract:   background & aims : increased complaints from the medical team and medical staff, and increased risk of therapeutic measures in recent years, was the ...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, has medical and economic importance in the world. Molecular approaches comparing traditional methods using for identification and characterization of Fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. The aims of current study were molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and then comparative analys...

Four to 10 Dorper sheep on each of 12 farms in the Cape Province and 3 farms in the Orange Free State were examined for adult ixodid ticks at approximately 2- to 4-weekly intervals over periods varying from 4 to 18 months, commencing during January, February or April 1989. The farms in the Cape Province were located in the north-west, south-west and south of the province. Those in the Orange Fr...

INTRODUCTION Toxoplasmosis is a disease parasite which can infect human and animals. The infection may be serious if is transmitted to the fetus during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of specific antibodies and the associated risk factors for toxoplasmosis in students attending high-school in Ajabshir. METHODS In this descriptive study, 549 blood samples were ...