q fever is an important zoonotic disease caused by infection with coxiella burnetii. limited information is available concerning theseroprevalence of coxiella burnetii in iran.a serological survey was conducted to describe the eroepidemiology of coxiellaburnetii infection in dairy cattle in khorasan razavi province located in northeast of iran. 246 dairy cattle from 19 commercial dairy herds th...

abstract information on hyperparasitoid wasps of figitidae family in iran, in comparison to the numerous studies carried out in north america and europe is very rare. so we have studied to determine the diversity of parasitoid wasps of aphids on stone fruit trees during 2009-2010 in khorasan razavi province-iran. several species of hyperparasitoid wasps were collected which among them, alloxyst...

BACKGROUND We investigated the variations of heamathologic and biochemical parameters with different parasitic burdens and the correlation between fecal egg counts and fluke number in livers of sheep naturally infected with Dicrocoelium dendriticum. METHODS In order to detect excretion of D. dendriticum eggs, fecal samples from 120 sheep of different age groups were collected individually at ...

Productivity is the main concern of hospitals as organizations providing health services. As the role of hospital committees is increasing and their productivity and performance improvement is very important, the present study was performed to identify weaknesses and strengths of committee sessions. This analytical-descriptive study was conducted cross- sectional from January to April in 2012. ...

Aflatoxins are secondary toxic metabolites produced by some Aspergillus spp. particularly, Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus that contaminate food and feed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the contamination of feedstuffs with Aspergillus spp. and detect genes involved in the aflatoxin biosynthesis pathway of A. flavus and A. parasiticus isolates. A total of 110 cow feed samples ...

foot -and- mouth disease (fmd) is one of the most important virus disease in farm animals. types o, a and asia1 fmd virus have been endemic in iran. in these study, samples from suspected livestock were analyzed by rt-pcr experiment. the number of 702 nucleotides determined at 1d -2b region of type a strain isolated from khorasan razavi province sequenced and compared with that of other reporte...

the predatory mites of suborder prostigmata are important natural enemies of spider mites. during 2009-2010, in a faunistic survey of superfamilies raphignathoidea, bdelloidea and erythraeoidea in mashhad region (razavi khorasan province), different samples were taken from soil, tree foliages, crops and weeds of pome fruit orchards orchards. after clearing the mites in lactophenol fluid, the sl...

BACKGROUND Sulfur mustard (SM) is an incapacitating chemical warfare agent, which has been widely employed in particular regions including Iran. We investigated and reported delayed biochemical and hematological complications of SM in severely toxic Iranian veterans 23 years after exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two Iranian veterans, residents of Khorasan Razavi, poisoned by SM, and suf...