This study was carried out to determine the presence and frequency of Anaplasma ovis and Anaplasma marginale in sheep and dairy cattle in West-Azerbaijan province, Iran. A total number of 200 blood samples were randomly collected via the jugular vein from apparently healthy cattle (100) and sheep (100). The extracted DNA from blood cells was screened using genus-specific (Anaplasma spp.) nested...

The boundaries, reach and regional importance of Armenia have ebbed and flowed over the centuries, but the current borders were drawn by Soviet cartographers and have never been fully accepted. The most significant example of the difficulties caused by the given borders is the conflict with neighbouring Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorny Karabakh. As a consequence of the Nagorny Karabakh ...

wood mice of the genus apodemus are widespread in temperate areas of the palaearctic region. dental shape variation and morphological differences among three species of apodemus (a. witherbyi, a. hyrcanicus, a. uralensis) were investigated using outline-based geometric morphometrics of the second upper molar (m2/) and a morphological study of 92 museum specimens belonging to five populations of...

Mutations in the dhfr gene of Plasmodium vivax (pvdhfr) are associated with resistance to the antifolate antimalarial drugs. Polymorphisms in the pvdhfr gene were assessed by hybridization probe technology on the LightCycler instrument with 134 P. vivax-infected blood samples from Turkey (n = 24), Azerbaijan (n = 39), Thailand (n = 16), Indonesia (n = 53), and travelers (n = 19). Double mutatio...

Background Scorpions are one of the most important medical arthropods in Iran. This study aimed to determine the fauna, spatial distribution and some morphological characteristics of these venomous arthropods in the study area. Methods Scorpions were collected using Ultra Violet light, rock rolling and digging methods in West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, and Ardabil Provinces during 2015-2016...

The article discusses some aspects of the application developed Basel II principles to improve measures ensure financial stability and security banking system Azerbaijan. advantages using this agreement effectiveness its within Azerbaijan are considered.

Two species of Bergrothia Reitter, 1884, a small Caucasian genus Amauropini, are described and illustrated: B. svanetica spec. nov. (Georgia: Svaneti region) simplex (Northeast Turkey: Ordu, Giresun). Including the new species, now includes total nine distributed in Georgia (six species), Northeast Turkey (three Azerbaijan (one species). Based on abundant material collected during seven field t...

The paper proposes a socioeconomic framework of supply, demand, and regulation to explain the development of sex-selective abortion in several parts of the world. The framework is then applied to three countries of southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) where sex-selective abortion has developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors argue that sex-selective abortion ...

African swine fever is widespread in Africa but has occasionally been introduced into other continents. In June 2007, African swine fever was isolated in the Caucasus Region of the Republic of Georgia and subsequently in neighboring countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and 9 states of the Russian Federation). Previous data for sequencing of 3 genes indicated that the Georgia 2007/1 isolate is closel...