Case description- A five-year-old female dog, weighing 35 kg, was presented as an emergency case after it suffered a gunshot injury.Clinical findings - Physical examination of the dog revealed paraplegia, the symptoms were normal. There was no bone fracture and dislocation in the lower extremity examination. A bullet (diameter, 4 mm) between the third and fourth lumbar was observed on rad...

Testicular torsion is a consequence of spermatic cord twisting which causes progressive damage to the structure of the testis and reduces sperm quality and usually results in infertility. In the present study, with the assumption of the protective effects of L-carnitine and betamethasone against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injuries, their effects on twisted testicles were evaluated and compared. ...

bovine neosporosis caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite n. caninum, was initially recognized in 1989 and is now reported as a leading infectious cause of reproductive failure in dairy cattle in world wide. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of n. caninum infection in industrial dairy cattle of hamedan province (west of iran) by elisa method. blood samples were co...

background: we aimed to develop a pcr-rflp assay based on available sequences of putative vertebrate hosts to iden­tify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the northwest of iran. in addition, the utility of pcr-rflp was compared with elisa as a standard method. methods: this experimental study was performed in the insect molecular biology laboratory of school of public health, tehr...

abstract this experiment was conducted to study the effect of south-west climatic conditions on quantitative and qualitative of fatty acids in dog rose (rosa canina l.) seeds collected from five regions including: semirom (isfahan province), kiar and gerdbishe (charmahal and bakhtiari province), yasuj and meymand (kohgiluye and boyer ahmad province). oil was extracted using soxhlet apparatus; t...

background: dogs have been previously reported to be reservoirs of leishmania infantum as the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis in iran. we report a case of canine visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by l. tropica from the north- west of iran where human visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. methods: the canine vl was initially screened by dipstick rk39 and direct agglutination test...

a 5-year-old male cross-bred guard dog with signs of anorexia, vomiting and jaundice was referred to small animal hospital, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of tehran. initial diagnostic laboratory tests revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, haemoconcentration, azotaemia, high liver enzyme activities, proteinuria and bilirubinuria. aggressive therapeutic procedures failed to improv...

BACKGROUND: One type of thalassemia known as transfusion-dependent (TDT) requires a lifelong blood transfusion. Iron overload from prolonged transfusions causes nutritional disorders and several organs impairment, including the testicles. In contrast to an orchidometer, ultrasound shows more details This study aimed compare testicular volumes based on orchidometer measurements correlate volume ...

lipid rich carcinoma is rare in dog and women and is characterized by cells that have an abundant foamy cytoplasm. a 10 year old, mix breed female dog suffered two subcutaneous masses in ventral abdomen was referred to surgery department of veterinary hospital of ahvaz shahid chamran university. surgical excision and microscopic examination of masses were done. after grading by elston and ellis...