Fourteen adult frogs including six banded frog, Rana camerani and eight marsh frog, Rana ridibunda ridibunda were collected from two sites of Chahar Mahal-o-Bakhtiari province at the southwest of Iran and then were examined for helminth parasites. Only Dolichosaccus rastellus  (50%) was found in R. camerani, Skrjabinoeces similis (50%) and metacercarian cysts of Codonocephalus urniger (12.5%) w...

Background and aims: There are different causes for brain death including head trauma, cerebrovascular accidents and intracranial space-occupying lesions. The present study was aimed to determine the causes of brain death in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province due to high turnover of trauma in this area during 2003 to 2013...

BACKGROUND Microsporidia are known to infect a wide variety of animals including mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). In a recent study on the mosquito fauna of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, at the central western part of Iran, a few larvae of Anopheles superpictus were infected with a microsporidium-resembled microorganism. Current investigation deals with the identification of the responsi...

â abstract territories glacier rig site in the south province chahar mahal and bakhtiari was studied with the aim tracing evidence of glacier activity , determining boundaries snow the, reconstruction of conditions past humidity and temperature , determining balance line of water and ice of late quaternary and reviews link between scattering cirques with aspects inequalities. with aspects. from...

Background: Microsporidia are known to infect a wide variety of animals including mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). In a recent study on the mosquito fauna of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province, at the central western part of Iran, a few larvae of Anopheles superpictus were infected with a microsporidium-resembled microorganism. Current investigation deals with the identification of the respons...

Background: Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease. Mutation in cystein-rich domain2 (CRD2) and domain3 (CRD3) of osteoprotegrin protein can prevent its interaction with receptor activator nuclear factor kappa beta (RANKL) ligand lead to osteoporosis. Objectives: This study aimed investigate the possible alteration exon2 gene encoding CRD2 CRD3 domains osteoporotic women Chahar Mahal va Bakht...

Background and aims: Nowadays, the age structure of Iran is transitioning from youth to elderly. Although, the elderly population are still accounted for a small portion of the population; however, the population growth rate of this age group is growing compared to the growth of the total population. Therefore, understanding of the changes of this population is necessary. This study aimed to id...

E. RAHIMI, H. MOMTAZ, A. SHARIFZADEH, A. BEHZADNIA, M. S. ASHTARI, S. ZANDI ESFAHANI, M. RIAHI & M. MOMENI 5 Departments of Food Hygiene; Department of Microbiology; 4 Undergraduate student of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate student of Food Sciences and Technology, College of Agriculture; Food Research Center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord,...

The Eocene Jahrum Formation in High Zagros was studied Kuh-e- Soukhteh and North Gahrou sections (southwest of Shahrekord region, Chahar-mahal Bakhtiari Province). This formation, composed limestone, marl, dolomitic limestone (dolostone), accumulated on a marine platform within the Neo-Tethys ocean realm. It yields rich foraminiferal fauna, which three larger benthic assemblage zones were ident...