background & objectives:airq software proved to be a valid and reliable tool to estimate the potential short term effects of air pollution. in this study the airq2.2.3 model was used to evaluate adverse health effects caused by nitrogen dioxide(no2) exposure in ahvaz during 2009. materials & methods:the airq,developed by the world health organization (who) to predict health endpoints a...

feline infectious peritonitis virus (fipv) is ubiquitous in domestic cats, especially in young cats and multi-cat environments. in the present study, a total of 248 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection of fipv by immunochromatography assay. the cats were selected from those referring to veterinary hospital of ahvaz university, southwestern iran from decemb...

ovine anaplasmosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. in the present study, a pcr-rflp method based on major surface protein 4 (msp4) gene, was utilized for the detection of anaplasma infection in 119 sheep blood samples collected from different parts of ahvaz in the southwest of iran. pcr identified anaplasma infections in 87.4% (104/119) of the ...