mutannabi the well-known arab poet has dedicated many lines of his poetry to describing animals directly or indirectly. among the animals to whichmutanabbi has paid attention the horse has a very special status. most of the lines in which he has in some way described horses or horse riders are the lines about fights and battles in which the poet depicts the victories and bravery of the courageo...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Eimeria leuckarti in worker horses and donkeys of Shahrekord and suburb villages, Iran. Study was done on 52 horses and donkeys in January to 2013 in Shahrekord and suburb villages located in South west of Iran. Out of 52 specimens of fecal samples 4(7.6%) were positive for Eimeria leuckarti. The present study is second ...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Eimeria leuckarti in worker horses and donkeys of Shahrekord and suburb villages, Iran. Study was done on 52 horses and donkeys in January to 2013 in Shahrekord and suburb villages located in South west of Iran. Out of 52 specimens of fecal samples 4(7.6%) were positive for Eimeria leuckarti. The present study is second ...

the aims of the present study were to propose apolymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphismpcr-rflp genotyping method for the ay_376689:c.773c>t single nucleotide polymorphism snp of the equine prkag3 gene, related to muscle performance, as well as to characterize this snp and a second polymorphism, aawr_02017454:g.121684t>c of the spata1 gene, related to male fertility, i...

to study the parasitic infection of turkmen horses in this region, faecal and blood samples collected from 46 randomly selected turkmen horses (about 10% of population: 30 male and 16 female). faecal egg counts (clayton lane method), faecal culture and modified knott test were performed. no microfilaria was observed in blood samples. nematode eggs (cyathostominae) were found in 26 faecal sample...

The herpesviruses infections in equides are caused by five different serotypes of viruses, belonging to family Herpesviridae. The goal of this study was to conduct a seroepidemiological investigation of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) and type 4 (EHV-4) in horses and donkeys raised in two provinces and their villages in northeastern Turkey. A total of 666 samples from 423 horses and 243 donke...

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...

background: sdft, ddft and suspensory ligament are the most important tendons and ligament of the palmar aspect of the metacarpus that contribute to stability mechanism. objectives: the purpose of this study was to describe the tendons and ligaments of the palmar surface of metacarpus in anatoly donkey and compare them with those in horse. methods: 14 healthy anatoly donkeys without lameness we...