to investigate the prevalence of cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 221 faecal specimenswere collected from 18 villages of urmia, northwestern iran. the samples were studied microscopically bymodified ziehl-neelsen staining. the cryptosporidial infection was found in the collected samples from 11 of18 villages. although the prevalence of the infection was 15.8%, none of the infecte...

One of the final processed products from coconut that is popular in Indonesia, even several other countries, for last 3 years Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), which directly meat. Processing these part application Applied Technology development commodity products, and very affordable terms production costs people Belu district, NTT province, has a land border between Republic Indonesia Timor Leste, wh...

BACKGROUND: Determining the clinical significance of cardiac murmurs is widely considered in equine practice. Pulmonary murmurs are commonly detected in athletic horses. Echocardiography plays a leading role in assessment of these murmurs. OBJECTIVES: Echocardiographic evaluation of horses with pulmonary regurgitation and determining the importance of pulmonary valve murmurs. METHODS: A total n...

background: determining the clinical significance of cardiac murmurs is widely considered in equine practice. pulmonary murmurs are commonly detected in athletic horses. echocardiography plays a leading role in assessment of these murmurs. objectives: echocardiographic evaluation of horses with pulmonary regurgitation and determining the importance of pulmonary valve murmurs. methods: a total n...

equine influenza is an acute, infectious and highly contagious respiratory disease with worldwide distribution and high morbidity and low mortality. the disease caused by h7n7 and h3n8 subtypes of genus (type) a of influenza virus. the most significant clinical signs of this disease are fever, coughing and nasal discharge. in this study, the presence of antibody against two subtypes of equine i...

Equine piroplasmosis is a severe disease of horses caused by the intra-erythrocyte protozoan, Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. The aim of this study was to identify equine piroplasmosis based on molecular and morphometrical features in horses in suburb of Urmia, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. From April to September 2011, a total number of 240 blood samples were collected ...

stomatitis and gingivitis were diagnosed in twenty-six of 96 horses at a club in mashhad, iran. clinical examination of the affected horses revealed varying degrees of ulceration at the gum-tooth margins with many awns (seed heads) embedded in ulcers. the ulcers were painful, up to 5 cm in diameter, and located at the labial-gingival junction, the lingual frenulum, the base of the lingual dorsu...

Background: Limited information existed on performance tests in Iranian Arab horses. Aims: The objective of this study is to investigate time related changes of cardiac troponin I (cTnI), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and oxidative/antioxidant biomarkers in the serum of Arabian horses before and after regular training. Methods: Blood samples were collected from jugular vein of 25 Arabian hor...