Background and Aims: Toxocariasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease with worldwide distribution caused by the larval stage of ascaridoid nematodes of dogs (Toxocara canis) and cats (Toxocara cati). The study was accomplished to determine the sequence variation in ITS2 and COX1 genes within isolates of Toxocara canis. Materials and Methods: Two hundred Stool samples were collected randomly from d...

iran is facing dust storms every year and frequently. this phenomenon has affected, especially in recent years, various aspects of people's lives. the aim of this research is iran’s seasonal clustering in terms of dust storms frequency with visibility less than 1000 and 500 m for the period of 1987–2008. for this purpose, we used the data of 87 synoptic stations that had suitable spatial d...

line wb73-6 (trompillo, cmb74a-432-25b-1y-ib-1y-ob) was first introduced in iran through a nursery received from cimmyt in 1989. it was selected in a preliminary experiment in zabol research station among the genotypes of ibon in 1990. in other preliminary and advanced yield trails carried out in zabol and other stations in southern provinces of iran with warm climate in 1991-1997, line wb73-6 ...

The subject of this study was to compare the seropre valence of Border Disease Virus (BDV) infection using an indirect Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) test among imported and native sheep herds. The present study was carried out between January and June 2012. Totally، 182 serum samples was tested. Antibodies against BDV were detected using an indirect ELISA test. Data were analyzed u...