BACKGROUND Anaplasmosis is an important issue for animal breeders in terms of economic losses as well as a health concern to human. Ticks are considered as the main vector of this disease. Lack of documented information about Anaplasma species in Iran was the scope of this study to determine the population of ticks and the presence of Anaplasma in ticks, domestic ruminants and also human beings...

We compared a local clustering and a cluster morphology statistic using anthrax outbreaks in large (cattle) and small (sheep and goats) domestic ruminants across Kazakhstan. The Getis-Ord (Gi*) statistic and a multidirectional optimal ecotope algorithm (AMOEBA) were compared using 1st, 2nd and 3rd order Rook contiguity matrices. Multivariate statistical tests were used to evaluate the environme...

Follicular development is controlled partly by intra-ovarian and intrafollicular factors within the ovary and partly by extra-ovarian events. Many oocyte derived factors and granulose cell factors are also involved in follicle development. A better understanding of all the processes involved in follicular development regulated by growth factors will develop procedures to enhance the reproductiv...

Domestic cattle, sheep and goats are important reservoirs for C. burnetii and exposure to aerosols and dust generated from infected animals is a wellestablished risk factor.2 Of particular importance in transmission are the birth products of ruminants, which contain extremely high concentrations of C. burnetii. Typical high risk occupations associated with Q fever infection include farming, aba...

Toxoplasma gondii and a variety of Sarcocystis species are common cyst-forming coccidian parasites of domestic ruminants worldwide. T. gondii infection is a major cause of ovine and caprine abortion and perinatal mortality, but does not appear commonly to cause significant disease in other ruminants. Sarcocystis infections are probably most important in growing ruminants in which they can cause...

Between 2005 and 2006, a cross-sectional survey was carried out in domestic ruminants in agropastoral communities of Serengeti district, Tanzania to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis in domestic-wildlife interface villages. Both the Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and Competitive Enzyme Linked-immunosorbent Assay (c-ELISA) were used to analyse 82 human and 413 livestock sera from four r...

Crimean-Congo fever is a hemorrhagic viral disease transmitted by ticks; however that it is a Zoonosis disease of both human and animals but it also is also a threat to human health. The disease is an endemic of African, European and Asian countries. The objective of this study was to determine the species and distribution of ticks infesting domestic ruminants in Gonabad city in one year and to...