Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola spp. We report five serologically and molecularly confirmed cases in an emerging region Iran. A retrospective, case series study, performed Lorestan Province, west of Iran between January 2015 June 2016. From 1256 patients examined, 16 had positive serum ELISA. Five were approved as infected with fasciolosis using stool exam PCR. Age ranged ...

background: despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. the purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004–2014 in lorestan province to prevent them in population of the province for the future prospective aspects. materials and methods: in a descriptive cross‑sectional study, all t...

the purpose of this research was analysis of contents of extension and education in agricultural cooperatives in the lorestan province, iran. the population of study consisted of 832 members of agricultural cooperative in lorestan province, iran in which 260 people were selected as a sample size, using krejcie and morgan table. the results indicate that more than 66.92 percent of the agricultur...

grass pea (lathyrus sativus l.) has a high potential for forage production inboth rangelands and cultivated rainfed areas of iran. it is well adapted to semi-arid areas ofwest and north of country where annual rainfall is 250–350 mm. to study the seed and drymatter (dm) yield and agronomic traits, six genotypes of lathyrus sativus l. and twogenotypes of lathyrus inconspicuous l. were provided b...

the aim of this study was to assess the regional effects of fire on the surface cover and forage production of mountainous rangelands of delfan county, lorestan province, iran. the fire took placed in june 2007 with significant effects on the vegetation characteristics in the study area. four fire affected sites were selected for sampling and a close area without fire was considered as control....