BACKGROUND Alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinococcus multilocularis. Many species of small mammals, including arvicolid rodents or Ochotona spp., are natural intermediate hosts of the cestode. The main aim of this study was to identify natural intermediate hosts of E. multilocularis in Chenaran County, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, wh...

BACKGROUND Echinococcus multilocularis is the source of alveolar echinococcosis, a potentially fatal zoonotic disease. This investigation assessed the presence of E. multilocularis infection in definitive hosts in the Chenaran region of Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Fecal samples from 77 domestic and stray dogs and 14 wild carnivores were examined...

Background With considering the importance of natural products for their remedial and therapeutic value, this research was aimed to analyze the chemical compositions and antimicrobial activity of four propolis samples from different areas of Iran (Chenaran, Taleghan, Morad Beyg, and Kalaleh) with various climates and flora. Methods Ethanolic (70% EtOH) and dichlromethane (DCM) extracts of Ira...

the diversity and abundance of bees associated with alfalfa and onion fields in mashhad and chenaran were evaluated from mid june until late october 2010. considering the type and flowering period of the studied crops, by using a standard sweeping net, either a weekly or biweekly sampling program of apoid bees were carried out in selected fields for both crops. as a result, 17 species of 15 gen...

abstract this survey accomplished for asessment and mechanism recognition of chenaran watershed landslide effective factors and its zonation based via lim model. primarily recognized effective factors, through studing and field survey and evaluated by landslide index method(lim) then based on their weight in model, landslide hazard zonation was done.then evaluated this model competence in zonat...

abstract a faunistic survey on auchenorrhyncha associated with sugar beet was conducted during 2007- 2009 in mashhad and chenaran. specimens were collected with sweeping net and determined using available identification keys according to the external and internal morphological characteristics specially male genitalia. species were confirmed by national scientists. in this study seventeen specie...

sugar beet is one of the most important crops in khorasan razavi, iran, which plays an important role in the economy of this province. so, it seems to be important to study the efficiency of the crop. to analyze the sugar beet efficiency information, two methods including data envelopment analysis (dea) and stochastic frontier analysis (sfa) methods were used. required data were collected from ...

Background: With considering the importance of natural products for their remedial and therapeutic value, this research was aimed to analyze the chemical compositions and antimicrobial activity of four propolis samples from different areas of Iran (Chenaran, Taleghan, Morad Beyg, and Kalaleh) with various climates and flora. Methods: Ethanolic (70% EtOH) and dichlromethane (DCM) extracts of Ira...