background: microsporidia are known to infect a wide variety of animals including mosquitoes (diptera: cu­licidae). in a recent study on the mosquito fauna of chahar mahal and bakhtiari province, at the central western part of iran, a few larvae of anopheles superpictus were infected with a microsporidium-resembled microorganism. cur­rent investigation deals with the identification of the respo...

E. RAHIMI, H. MOMTAZ, A. SHARIFZADEH, A. BEHZADNIA, M. S. ASHTARI, S. ZANDI ESFAHANI, M. RIAHI & M. MOMENI 5 Departments of Food Hygiene; Department of Microbiology; 4 Undergraduate student of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate student of Food Sciences and Technology, College of Agriculture; Food Research Center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord,...

background: yersinia ruckeri is the etiological agent of enteric red mouth (erm) or yersinioisis disease, one of the important bacterial diseases in the cultured salmonids. objectives: the purpose of present study was detection of gyra gene (quinolone resistance) in the y. ruckeri bacterium. methods: in this study fish were evaluated in average size 8-12 cm from six rainbow trout farms in chaha...

Background: HLA genes are highly polymorphic and certain alleles are frequent only in specific populations. Therefore, HLA is a unique tool for studying the genetic relationship between different populations. Iranians are ethnically diverse people and one of the major ethnic groups in Iran is Lur population inhabiting along the central and southern parts of Zagros Chain Mountain. Objectives: Ge...

Background and objectives: Echinophora cinerea belongs to Apiaceae family and its aerial parts are used as vegetables and for seasoning yoghurt and cheese, and for treatment of digestive disorders in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. Despite its traditional use about dietary and pharmacological studies (approximately 13 in vivo, in vitro and ...

Background & Aim: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province contains several major floristic plant associations of central Zagros Mountains. Kallar species were used for medicines nutrias in this area. However, these valuable species have been threatened and even become at risk of extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disturbance. Therefore, the first step in protecting theses species is identify...

Background & Aim: Thymus daenensis Celak. is one of the herbal and  perennial medicinal plants belonging to Lamiaceae which grows widely in Isfahan and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari provinces. All of its floral on aerial part has extensive use in preparing traditional medicines. The major constitutes of Thymus daenensis Celak. are thymol and carvacrol. Since ecolo...

original article   introduction: direct sunlight and increased heat load influence mental and physical health of workers negatively and result in performance impairment. activity reduction is a natural body response to increase in internal body temperature, and a compensatory mechanism to make body balanced. this study was carried out to estimate productivity loss due to heat exposure among ira...