OBJECTIVES The objective of this investigation was to assess the methods for the characterization of Salmonella isolates and to identify relationships of Salmonella isolates from human and food sources in northern Morocco. METHODOLOGY Several Salmonella serotypes were isolated from human and food samples and were characterized using conventional culture methods, biochemical, serological, anti...

To the Editor: Many thanks for your interesting and informative special section on infectious diseases in the Amazon Region (1). Your readers should also be interested in a little known, but extremely successful, sustainable health program that had its start in the Amazon. In 1942, the governments of Brazil and the United States agreed to establish a special service for public health (called th...

In this paper, we provide the first record of Phyllolabis savtshenkoi in Morocco previously known only from Spain and Canary Islands. addition, Dicranomyia goritiensis Geranomyia caloptera are recorded for time oriental region Morocco.

the objective of this study was to determine the relationship between body weight (bw) and heart girth (hg) in sardi and timahdite sheep in order to develop a prediction equation of bw from hg. the data used for this study included 476 records on bw and hg (227 in sardi and 249 in timahdite) collected on males and females of different ages in 33 private farms. the bw and the hg averaged 34.8 ± ...

fourteen different morphological traits in 169 and 131 cattle of oulmes-zaer and tidili, respectively were recorded and analyzed using a multivariate approach. the characters measured included heart girth, wither height, rump height, rump length, rump width, chest depth, body length, neck length, cannon circumference, ear length, ear width, head length, horn length and tail length. breed signif...

THE NECESSARY INTEGRATION OF CEUTA AND MELILLA INTO EUROPEAN CUSTOMS UNION NORMALISATION THEIR TRADE RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO The analysis of the issue related to integration Ceuta and Melilla into Customs Union must go beyond strictly economics aspects place it in a much broader, political strategic framework, which can significantly condition future both Autonomous Cities constitute significant...