in order to perform a histomorphometric study of blood cells in male adult ostrich, blood samples were obtained from jugular vein of 10 clinically healthy male adult ostriches (2 - 3 years old). the slides were stained with the giemsa methods and the smears were evaluated for cellular morphology, with cellular size being determined by micrometry. the findings of this study revealed that the sha...

although most parts of iran is free of malaria owing to appreciable struggle against this disease by the ministry of public health, in every case of fever of unknown origin (fuo) possibility of malaria should not be neglected. unjustified administration of antibiotics can delay the diagnosis because of diminishing effect in number of malaria parasites in peripheral blood. for this reason freque...

Red and white cell lysis buffers were investigated to determine their ability to remove blood components from cervical smears prior to IR microspectroscopy. A white cell lysis buffer was effective in increasing the spectral reproducibility and sample homogeneity and in reducing the presence of inflammatory exudate, particularly leukocytes, from cervical smears. The reduction of leukocytes appea...

A cross-sectional survey was performed on domestic pigeons (Columba liviadomestica) to evaluate the prevalence of Haemoproteus columbae and Trichomonas gallinae in West Azerbaijan Province, northwest of Iran between July 2015 and September 2016. Five hundred and sixty oropharyngeal swab smears were examined, 297 (53%) of which were identified to be positive for T. gallinae. Also, the results ob...

background: theileriosis is a blood protozoan disease with high mortality in cattle in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. several studies were conducted to identify theileria species in infected cattles and vector ticks by microscopic examination. however, microscopic technique has lower sensitivity compared to molecular method.                  objectives: this study was carried ou...

By WILLIAM C. MOLONEY, ANTONIO E. BOSCHETFI AND GERALDINE Down T HIS INVESTIGATION is concerned with studies on leukemia occurring in a series of noninbred Wistar and inbred Wistar Furth ( W/Fu ) rats treated with whole body x-ray and oral administration of 3 methylcholanthrene ( 3MCA ) . The animals were followed by serial leukocyte counts and examination of peripheral blood smears. At the tim...

Little is known about tick-borne diseases in Saudi Arabia, particularly regarding the prevalence of theileriosis in small ruminants. This survey studied the potential vectors of malignant theileriosis in Saudi Arabian sheep. Blood, lymph node and tick samples were collected from animals being treated or necropsied at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Jeddah, Makkah (western region), and B...

A 17-year-old girl from Togo with a β-thalassemia maior was seen at an emergency department with high fever, coma, and severe anemia (Hb < 3 g/dL ). No malaria parasites were found on thin film and thick smears in the first few days of the infection. Despite the failure to observe Plasmodium intraerythrocytic forms in the bloodstream, many white blood cells showed brown, birefringent, intracyto...

Carriers of bovine anaplasmosis in Northern Kerala, South India were detected using conventional microscopical and molecular techniques. PCR-RFLP and nested PCR techniques were used for detection of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma bovis respectively and the PCR products were confirmed by sequencing. Out of 150 samples tested, 25 were detected positive for A. marginale and five for A. bovis ba...