in order to assess the influence of breed on the vertebral heart scale (vhs) of dogs, the vhs was measured and compared in left to right (ll) and right to left lateral (rl) views. for all dogs (n=56), the mean vhs on the rl radiographs [9.7 vertebra (v)] was significantly larger than the mean vhs on the ll radiographs (9.6 v) (p=0.047). doberman dogs had higher mean values of the vhs in ll (9.9...

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing personality traits among athletic Iranian and non-Iranian students studying at Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin. 280 athletic Iranian and non-Iranian students (130 Iranians, 40 Syrians, 80 Afghans, and 30 Yemenis) were picked using Stratified Random Sampling method, and they completed NEO-FFI (a shortened form of revised bi...

the effect of tamoxifen citrate on bone mass in immobilization osteoporosis was studied in 10 dogs.osteoporosis was induced by fiberglass cast immobilization of the right hind-limb for 28 days, while the lefthind-limb served as a non-immobilized control. five dogs received tamoxifen citrate (1.5 mg/kg per os) once daily for 28 days; five dogs received no treatment. all dogs were euthanized on d...

Sakineh HajEbrahimi, Ali Janati, Edris Hasanpoor, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Mobin Sokhanvar, Fariba Pashzadeh, Elaheh HaghGoshyie. Professor of urology, Iranian EBM Centre of Excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Associate professor of Healthcare Management, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Ph.D...

The government's program to achieve rabies-free status by 2030 is an initiative accelerate the eradication of rabies cases in Indonesia. Rabies a highly contagious disease with 100% fatality rate, and dogs are main carriers virus. efforts minimize include vaccination susceptible animals, eliminating rabid dogs, implementing dog population management (MPA). Field observations indicate that pract...

Salmonellosis as a zoonotic disease in dogs is not fully understood, and various reports have pointed to the transmission of antibiotic-resistant salmonella from dogs to humans. The current study aimed to evaluate the serologic and bacteriologic prevalence of Salmonella spp. in stray dogs placed in animal shelters around Tehran, compare the results to those of asymptomatic dog...

to determine the seroprevalence of anti-neospora caninum and anti-toxoplasma gondii antibodies indogs in iran and to investigate related risk factors to the infection, a study was conducted in chaharmahal vabakhtiari, isfahan and khoozestan provinces, locate in west central parts of iran. for this, 548 serum samples were collected from dogs during an 18 month period from july 2007 to february 2...

background: the purpose of this study was seroepidemiological and parasitological assessment of toxocara canis infection in children and dogs in zabol and chabahar, iran. methods: this study was a descriptive-analytic study with a simple random sampling of children under 14 yr old, referring to urban, rural, and tribal laboratories of zabol and chabahar, sistan and baluchestan province, iran in...

background: hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease of global prevalence. it causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world, including iran. the objective of this study was to assess the current status of echinococco-sis/hydatidosis in the province of ilam (western iran). methods: from april to september 2011, 65 stray dogs were collected from urban and rural areas of il...