background: the aim of this study was to determine intestinal and liver helminth infections in rattus rodents in tehran iran. methods: overall, 306 traps were put in 39 different regions in tehran from 2009 to 2010. rodents, including r. rattus and r. norvegicus were caught by live-traps.they become unconscious and the spinal cords were cut, afterwards the body was dissected and the stomach, sm...

Future studies, however, will make progress by running across study sites and geographic regions to test functional hypotheses of baboon social evolution. As a case in point, one of the most prominent behavioural differences between baboon allotaxa lies in the occurrence of coalitionary behaviour among unrelated, reproductively competing males: this is a problem of real substance, because this ...

parasitic infections of rodents can compromise scientific research as well as the health of the animals and humans. based on previous studies, infection rate of parasitic helminths is different in various regions of iran. the current survey was aimed to determine endoparasitic helminths infection in 138 trapped rodents of kermanshah county, iran. mice and rats were trapped using metal snares fr...

rodents are well established at port areas and their ectoparasite can be vectors of many diseases. ships at seaport play an important role in spreading disease by transporting infected vectors. plague, murine typhus, salmonellosis, trichinosis, leptospirosis and rat bite fever are known to be spread by rats. in view of the seriousness of the problem present study was undertaken to assess the pr...

Rodents threaten agricultural industries and food security on a global scale. Rodent management practices routinely involve the use of chemical products, mainly anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs). An understanding farmer rodent control behaviors is crucial in order to implement changes more environmentally friendly practices. In this study, we surveyed farmers an area northwestern Taiwan their kn...

to examine the seroprevalence of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (zvl) among rodents in azarshahr county, and to assess the possible association of infection among rodents in respect with transmission/prevalence of the disease among children, a survey was conducted during 2003-2004. azarshahr county is an endemic region for leishmaniasis and this research is the first study in determining the h...

conclusions this is the first molecular report on parasite infection of both vector (p. papatas) and reservoir (t. indica) to l. major from this area. therefore, the population of both sandflies and rodents should be reduced using control methods. background leishmaniais which is one of the six most important tropical diseases in the world are in iran in 3 forms. cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is...

arthropods are the biggest group of invertebrate animals and due to their great morphological and physiological adaptation they are compatible with many ecosystems. they are the most imponant and biggest enemy of human being regarding to economic and medical issues. they directly (biting, sting, noise) and indirectly (transmitting pathogenic agents) cause many health problems to human. presence...

Although there is adequate knowledge on restoring many invaded habitats, information regarding faunal recovery still lacking, particularly sandy coastal ecosystems. An important challenge for assessing restoration effectiveness the selection of an appropriate bioindicator. The current study examined psammophilic rodents and reptiles following removal Acacia saligna from Mediterranean dunes. Rod...

Background: Humans, rodents and sandflies have role in transmitted cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis. To control the disease, promoting the environment, killing the rodent and poisoning the vectors are recommended, individually all over the world. Since, there is no effective vaccine against this disease, the integration of methods is considerable. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of integrat...