introduction of ostrich (struthio camelus domesticus), a new exotic host species to a new ecosystem likeiran, necessitates the study of its infectious diseases including parasitic infestations. for a period of one year, from 2002–03, faecal samples of 254 ostriches on 5 farms located at different parts of iran, includinggarmsar, semnan province (n = 85); nashtaroud, mazandaran province (n = 29)...

today, with emphasis on the mechanical heart and heart transplantation from one human to another andone species to another, a knowledge of the anatomy of the bird’s heart could contribute to theseaccomplishments. eight male adult ostriches were used to study the heart macroscopically. this studyrevealed that the ostrich heart has some different features from the other birds. in the ostrich, fib...

the aim of this study was investigating some blood parameters of blue-neck male ostriches (struthio camelus) with 4 months old after feeding a diet containing 3% sunflower oil for two months. in the morning, after about 12 h of fasting, some blood samples were collected from the wing vein of ostriches at the beginning and 60 days of study in department of animal sceince arak university . the pl...

clostridium difficileisa binding warm-positive rod and anaerobic organism, which was first described in 1935 as bacillus difficile. epidemiology of cdi has changed considerably on 2000. occurrence and severity of the disease  including ulcerative colitis(inflammation of the colon), colectomy(colon section) and mortality had increased. recent studies have reported clostridium difficile prevalenc...

background: the ostrich is an interesting subject concerninganimal evolution and morphology studies. it has been speculatedthat ostrich eyes would have distinct tissue structures and this hasnot been previously studied in detail. objectives: the aim of thepresent study was to investigate the histology of the outer layer ofthe ostrich. methods: ten mature ostriches were chosen from anostrich bre...

Ostrich eggshells are excellent examples of avian biomineralization. Interest in these is focused on their potential as a food source, example biomaterial for medical and industrial applications, the use fossil remains paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Due to this interest, there some information about aspects eggshell biomineralization, but it scattered different publications limited scope m...

Recently reports on toxocariasis are increasing by serodiagnosis in Korea. A previously healthy 17-yr-old boy complained of headache, fever, dyspnea, and anorexia. He showed symptoms and signs of eosinophilic meningitis with involvement of the lungs and liver. Specific IgG antibody to Toxocara canis larval antigen was positive in serum and cerebrospinal fluid by ELISA. He took raw ostrich liver...

A large incomplete ostrich femur from the Lower Pleistocene of North China, kept at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), is described. It was found by Father Emile Licent in 1925 Nihewan Formation (dated about 1.8 Ma) Hebei Province. On basis minimum circumference shaft, a mass 300 kg, twice that modern ostrich, obtained. The bone remarkably robust, more so than recent, Late Pleistocen...