The smooth softshell Apalone mutica is a North American trionychid turtle typically found in moderate to fast moving rivers and streams. Such habitats contrast with more resource rich environments (e.g., marshes and swamps) inhabited by other turtle species for which parental investment and egg and hatchling components have been studied. We measured components of eggs, embryos, and hatchlings a...

Background & Aim:  Investigation use of medical plants and industrial utilization of phytomedicines is necessary in veterinary medicine. Field investigation of use of medical plants in treatment of diseases of sheep and goat was the aim of present study. Martial & Methods: This study was done in southern area of Ilam province at 2008. At first, question sheet was designed for 36 diseases and c...

septoriosis is one of the most important disease in pistachio tree worldwide and is incited by several species of septoria among which s. pistacina islimited to mediterranea regions and recently reported on pistacia vera in golestan province of iran (aghajani et al. 2009. austr. plant dis. notes 4: 29-31). leaf samples of p. vera  from ghazvin (fig. 1) collected in october 2013, and samples fro...