to determine gastrointestinal parasites of pet dogs of urmia this study was carried out in a peroid of 14 months form april 2005 to june 2006. two hundered and six fecal samples i.e; 169 and 37 samples from male and female dogs respectively, were collected from small animal’s clinics of urmia city. the dogs were studeied in two age groups of ≤ 6 months and >6 months included number of 60 and 14...

By means of turkeys’ faecal samples flotation with NaCl solution, the species composition of Eimeria spp. has been determined in 16 settlements in the Republic of Bulgaria and 4 settlements in the Republic of Turkey. In Bulgaria, the following species were detected: Eimeria adenoeides; E. meleagridis; E. meleagrimitis; E. gallopavonis; E. subrotunda, as well as Isospora heisini, whereas in Turk...

BACKGROUND Piglet isosporosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases in modern pig production. To prevent clinical disease, prophylactic treatment of piglets with toltrazuril (BAYCOX® 5%, Bayer HealthCare, Animal Health, Monheim, Germany) is widely practiced in the past 20 years. There are only very few reports documenting the likely effect of managerial practices, such as hygiene measure...

The striking diversity of sexual dimorphisms in nature begs the question: Why are there so many signal types? One possibility is that ornamental traits convey different sets of information about the quality of the sender to the receiver. The colourful, pigmented feathers of male birds seem to meet the predictions of this hypothesis. Evidence suggests that carotenoid pigmentation reflects the nu...

BACKGROUND The role of opportunistic infections in accelerating disease progression in HIV-positive individuals, leading to quick death, is still receiving serious attention. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Isospora belli infections in HIV-positive patients in Edo State, Nigeria between August 2007 and March 2008. METHODS A total of 268 samples from HIV-positive...

Coprological examination of 71 samples from a breeding colony of veiled chameleons, Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril et Duméril, 1851, revealed a presence of two species of coccidia. In 100% of the samples examined, oocysts of Isospora jaracimrmani Modrý et Koudela, 1995 were detected. A new coccidian species, Choleoeimeria hirbayah sp. n., was discovered in 32.4% of samples from the colony. Its o...

To investigate the relationship between European starlings and bovine coccidiosis we collected samples from European starlings, cattle feed bunks, cattle water troughs, and cattle feces within concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). These samples were screened for coccidia spp. to investigate (i) the prevalence of coccidia in starlings using CAFOs; (ii) if there is a relationship betwee...