The present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of H9N2 influenza in broiler farms at the time of slaughter in Iran. A total of 747 birds were sampled from 74 Farms in 13 provinces within 2013-2016. The obtained ...

Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Leishmania infantum and transmitted by the bites of infected female sand flies.  Iran is one of the endemic areas of this disease. Dogs and ...

Toxoid vaccines can provide protective immunity against clostridial diseases. Since the duration of the toxoid vaccine immunogenicity is short, these vaccines need to contain an adjuvant. The nanoparticles of chitosan can ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of using different levels of flaxseed in diets on the reproductive performance of estrous-synchronized Baluchi ewes (para 3). Diets contained either basal diet (control) ...

The innovation of therapeutic modalities with better clinical efficacy is necessary for the treatment of patients with advanced cancers. Newcastle disease virus (NDV), an avian pathogenic virus, is one of the most promising ...

The foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) with a wide variety of genomes and complicated biology is one of the infectious agents that put the lives of animals at risk. Therefore, to introduce suitable strains for vaccine ...

Ticks are reservoir hosts of pathogenic Rickettsia in humans and domestic animals. Most pathogenic Rickettsia species belong to the spotted fever group (SFG). The present study aimed to determine the tick ...

In recent years, the H9N2 influenzavirus has been circulating widely in poultry farms causing extensive damage. The hemagglutinin (HA) genes of the two virus isolates of H9N2 subtype in specific pathogen-free chickens were ...

The Androctonus crassicuda is the most diverse scorpion species in the family of Buthidae, which is endemic to Khuzestan province, Iran. Investigation of the relationship of species by means of a molecular study ...