The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Hamedan province, Western Iran. A number of 1,406 serum samples were evaluated for IgG-antibodies against T. gondii in rural and industrial cattle in this region using ELISA. Thirty-two (2.3%) of the samples were seropositive. The results indicated that there was a significant correlation between seropre...

The main purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the presence of Neospora caninum infection in beef cattle from Hamedan province, Western Iran. Blood samples were collected from 514 industrial beef cattle and tested using ELISA. IgG antibodies against N. caninum were found in 102 (19.8%) sera. Significant differences were observed between seropositive cattle and age group (p=0.022). No si...

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which infects various hosts, including humans and animals. As Q fever is considered a public health problem and there is little epidemiological information on the status of the disease in various parts of Iran, the presented study was carried out to evaluate the seroepidemiology of Q fever among sheep in the province of Mazandaran, northern Iran...

The influence of company reputation or what is often referred to as corporate reputation on branding strategy and producing intangible asset for different industries has been researched in western countries, but there is a gap for the generalizability of findings to countries out of the United State and Europe. To establish the western researcher's external validity of theories in other countri...

this is a field study, tile purpose was to measure and compare the use'. effectiveness and complication of iranian and foreign intra utcrin device ill women who have been using the mentioned method f or birth control ill family planning clinics of the university of medical sciences of iran (/ 993). iii this research by pois son statistical selection, 1620 samples of active record'! oj...

haplothripsverbasci (osborn) is recorded from iran for the first time. the specimens of this species were collected on flowers of verbascum thapsus (scrophulariaceae) from hamedan province, western iran.