mycoplasma gallisepticum is the most important and infectious mycoplasmosis. it is caused lots of economic losses for poultry's industry of iran. the target of this study is comparison of culture and nested pcr techniques to detect mycoplasma gallisepticum infection of chicken’s from industrial farms in kerman province of iran. 88 isolates received from industrial farms of kerman province of ir...

A novel, sensitive and specific touchdown-touchup nested PCR (TNPCR) technique based on two useful molecular markers, a Wuchereria bancrofti β-tubulin gene involved in benzimidazole susceptibility and a Wolbachia ftsZ gene involved in cell division, was developed to simultaneously detect the parasite W. bancrofti (W1) with its Wolbachia endosymbiont (W2) from both microfilaremic and post-treatm...

background: ovine babesiosis is the most important haemoparasitic tick-borne disease of small ruminants in iran caused by babesia ovis, b. motasi, and b. crassa . the aim of this study was to characterize the species of ovine babesia species isolated from different geographical region of iran. methods: one hundred fifty four blood samples collected from animals, which demonstrated the pale muco...

background: nematodes are among the most common and important parasites of man and animal. dna of a single worm can be used for several purposes, such as identification to the species, subspecies, strain and antihelmenthic resistance. dna extraction from a single small worm using traditional methods such as phenol extraction technique faces serious prob lems. methods: dna from 20 single haemonc...

objective: schizophrenia is a complex widespread neuropsychiatric disorder. this illness encompasses a complex debilitating mental disorder causing illusion, delusion, disturbed relationship, low motivation and decline of emotion. viral infection of the brain including borna disease virus (bdv) may play a role in transient or permanent neurological and behavioral abnormalities. this role of bor...