In Shahnameh and other epic poems, which reflect the myths, life of primitive ancient Iranian societies, animals are great importance go beyond their normal features status. Myths that truths thoughts ideas first people, mixed with different stories expressed symbolically cryptically. Epic events usually result linking these myths to history. Among animals, "cow" is one actors mentioned in Ferd...

many xenobiotic and natural compounds such as testosterone have been used and sometime misused to improve the growth of cattle and other livestock animals. in order to control the testosterone hormone residues in meat and to ensure the safety of iranian consumers, a monitoring system must be put in place to address the concerns. the present study was undertaken to detect and quantify the levels...

background: this study aimed at investigating the prevalence and risk factors of bovine thelaziosis, performed in the southeast of iran, an endemic area for iranian sistani cattle. methods: between september 2012 to october 2014, 1924 cattle, sistani breed (n= 1235) and brahman breed (n=689) of all sex and age groups collected from sistan and baluchestan province were examined using visual obse...

The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters of milk protein yields in Iranian Holstein dairy cattle. A total of 1,112,082 test-day milk protein yield records of 167,269 first lactation Holstein cows, calved from 1990 to 2010, were analyzed. Estimates of the variance components, heritability, and genetic correlations for milk protein yields were obtained using a random reg...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, has medical and economic importance in the world. Molecular approaches comparing traditional methods using for identification and characterization of Fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. The aims of current study were molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and then comparative analys...

The human calcium- and integrin-binding protein (CIB) family is composed of CIB1, CIB2, CIB3, and CIB4 proteins and the CIB4 gene affects fertility. Kermani sheep is one of the most important breeds of Iranian sheep breeds. The aim of this study was to analyze for the first time molecular characteristics of the CIB4 gene and protein in Kermani sheep. Different tissues were collected from the Ke...