In order to isolate and identify endophytic fungi of Phragmites australis, numerous samplings were conducted from the plants grown in the southern areas of the Caspian Sea in Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces and saline soils around the Lake Urmia at province of East Azarbaijan. Twenty-one isolates of the genus Radulidium were obtained from healthy tissues of P. au...

background: fascioliasis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in iran and other parts of the world. although the largest epidemic of this disease has occurred in northern provinces of iran (guilan) during the past two decades and a few cases have also been reported in tehran and the other provinces, there has been no evidence of its’ occurrence in western provinces of iran such as kerman...

1 Assistant professor, Oro-maxillofacial developmental diseases research center, Department of oral medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Dental school, Rasht, Iran 2 Associate professor, Dental Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Dental School, Mashhad, Iran 3 Assistant professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Mashhad University of Medical Scie...

in the present study karyotype of mazani river buffalo was studied in comparison with those of azeri buffalo populations from iran. blood samples were taken from ten (5 males and 5 females) mazani buffaloes and thirty (15 males and 15 females) azeri buffaloes. the mazani buffaloes belong to mazendaran province and azeri buffaloes belong to west and east azerbaijan and ardebil provinces. blood l...

This paper reports on two species of mites of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 in Iran--C. dorfakiensis sp. nov., and C. pinnatus sp. nov., extracted from soil and leaf litter samples in Guilan Province, Northern Iran. A key to the species of Cosmolaelaps occurring in the Iran is also provided.

background : biting midges of the genus culicoides act as vectors for important diseases affecting humans and both wild and domestic animals. collection of adult culicoides specimens in the near vicinity of vertebrate hosts is the major part of any bluetongue surveillance plan. there are old records of culicoides species dated from 1963, 1968 and 1975. therefore, it was decided to collect diffe...

The objective of this study was to estimate variance components and genetic parameters for growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep. Studied traits were parameters of Brody growth model which included A (asymptotic mature weight), B (initial animal weight) and K (maturation rate). The data set and pedigree information used in this study were obtained from the Agricultural Organization of Guilan ...