background: cystic echinococcosis (ce), caused by hydatid cysts, is a widespread and hazard­ous disease in humans and animals worldwide. the disease is very common in turkey, causing serious economic losses and public health problem. in this study, the seroprevalence of equine ce was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). methods: partially purified cyst fluid antigen from she...

Objective- The purpose of present study was to investigate the viability of equine fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) treated with doxycycline. Design- Experimental study. Sample population- FLSs from metacarpophalangeal joints of six skeletally mature horses. Methods- FLSs were established from synovial fluids of healthy joints. The cells were treated with different concentr...

BACKGROUND The effect of combined hormone therapy on breast cancer detection is not established. METHODS We examined the effect of combined hormone therapy on breast cancer detection in the Women's Health Initiative trial, which randomized 16,608 postmenopausal women to receive conjugated equine estrogens (0.625 mg/d) plus medroxyprogesterone acetate (2.5 mg/d) or placebo. Mammography and bre...

background: tibolone is frequently used as a hormone-like alternative to traditional hrt. therefore, it is valuable to compare the effects of tibolone and hrt on cardiovascular diseases risk factors.   methods: a total of 156 healthy non-surgical postmenopausal women were included in an open randomized study. they were assigned to receive daily 2.5 mg tibolone plus one cal+d (500 mg calcium and...

Objective: Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis (EGA) caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a disease that generally develop characteristic high fever and number of changes in blood such as thrombocytopenia. The main transmission A. hard ticks through intrastadially. aim this study was to determine the presence horses Muş province Turkey using molecular methods. Methods: In present survey, samples...

equine influenza is an acute, infectious and highly contagious respiratory disease with worldwide distribution and high morbidity and low mortality. the disease caused by h7n7 and h3n8 subtypes of genus (type) a of influenza virus. the most significant clinical signs of this disease are fever, coughing and nasal discharge. in this study, the presence of antibody against two subtypes of equine i...