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...

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)...

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...