BACKGROUND Infection with Ornithobilharzia turkestanicum has been reported in a wide range of animals worldwide. This study was undertaken to assess the utility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for detecting the infection with O. turkestanicum larvae stages in Lymnaea gedrosiana. METHODS A total of 6,759 Lymnaeidae snails were collected from six aquatic habitats in West Azarbaijan, northwe...

trematodes are important in economic and public health. ornithobilharzia turkestanicum (o. turkestanicum) is one of the important economic trematodes in domestic animals. ornithobilharzia infection in intermediate host (lymnaea gedrosiana ) can be detected by either exposing snails to light to induce cercarial shedding or by squeezing them between glass slides to detect parasites. the current a...

  Trematodes are important in economic and public health. Ornithobilharzia turkestanicum (O. turkestanicum) is one of the important economic trematodes in domestic animals. Ornithobilharzia infection in intermediate host (Lymnaea gedrosiana ) can be detected by either exposing snails to light to induce cercarial shedding or by squeezing them between glass slides to detect parasites. The current...

background: infection with ornithobilharzia turkestanicum has been reported in a wide ran ge of animals worldwide. this study was undertaken to assess the util-ity of polymerase chain reaction (pcr), for detecting the infection with o . turke-stanicum larvae stages in lymnaea gedrosiana . methods: a total of 6,759 lymnaeidae snails were collected from six aquatic habitats in west azarbaijan, no...

background: ornithobilharziosis as one of the parasitic infections may give rise to serious economic problems in animal husbandry. the aim of the study was to prepare and compare the somatic and excretory-secretory (es) antigens of o. tur­kestanicum in gel diffusion test. methods: excretory-secretory (es) and somatic antigens of ornithobilharzia turkestanicum were prepared from collected worms ...

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OBJECTIVE Rheum turkestanicum (R. turkestanicum) rhizomes have been used in Iranain traditional medicine as an anti-diabetic agent. The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate the anti-diabetic and antioxidant activities of R. turkestanicum rhizome extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diabetes was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of ...

studies undertaken on the susceptibility of various local snails to some of the important human and animal trematodes found in iran have revealed that bulinus truncatus, the distribution of which is restricted to the province of khuzestan in the southwest of iran is the intermediate host of shistosoma haematobium, s. bovis and paramaphistomum microbothrium in this area.this snail is also suscep...