Evaluation of nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complex changes in patients with migraine using optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To analyze changes in peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness in migraine patients with and without aura compared to healthy controls and to identify factors influencing the occurrence of these anomalies.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional case-control study including migraine patients and control subjects. All patients and controls underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, RNFL and GCC thickness measurements using a spectral domain-OCT device.

Correlation between the infection rate (number of parasites in the liver parenchyma) and the antibody titration, detected by ELISA assay.

This study aimed to demonstrate the existence of a possible correlation between the level of liver fluke infection in cattle caused by and the titers of anti-parasite antibodies in the blood. 113 blood samples were taken from non-dewormed pasture cattle in the communal slaughterhouse of the Jijel city in order to determine the serological titration of anti-fluke antibodies by the ELISA method. After slaughtering the animals studied, a count of parasites present in the inspected livers was carried out in order to assess the level of parasitic infection.

Prevalence of Eimeria Species, Detected by ITS1-PCR Immobilized on FTA Cards, in Future Laying Hens and Breeding Hens in Six Provinces in Northeastern Algeria.

Purpose: Avian coccidiosis is an important and widely distributed disease that affects global agricultural economies through losses. In Algeria, there is limited epidemiological and ecological knowledge about this disease and this hinders implementation of control strategies. A recent study, in Algeria, demonstrated a high prevalence and diversity of Eimeria species in broiler chickens.

Prevalence of Eimeria species, detected by ITS1-PCR, in broiler poultry farms located in seven provinces of northeastern Algeria.

Coccidiosis is an important global chickens' disease which can cause serious economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. Little is known about the extent of infection or diversity, of the causative agent Eimeria spp., in Algeria.

Optimization of energy production from biogas fuel in a closed landfill using artificial neural networks: A case study of Al Ghabawi Landfill, Jordan.

Landfills have high potency as renewable energy sources by producing biogas from organic waste degradation. Landfills biogas (LFG) can be used for power plant purposes instead of allowing it to flare to the atmosphere which contributes to the global warming. The aim of this work was to introduce and examine an optimization model for maximizing the power generation of Al Ghabawi landfill in Amman city, Jordan.

Knowledge and perception on ticks and tick-borne diseases among veterinary medicine students from the North African countries of Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia.

Ticks are important vectors of both animal and human pathogens. The epidemiology of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) has dramatically changed in several regions in the world. As parasitology is a continuously growing field, assessing the knowledge of veterinary medicine students provides useful indicators and information on the level of intervention required to adapt parasitological courses to meet the demands in a changing world.

Current status of tropical theileriosis in Northern Africa: A review of recent epidemiological investigations and implications for control.

Tropical theileriosis caused by the apicomplexan hemoparasite Theileria annulata is a tick-borne disease that constraints livestock production in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Four Hyalomma tick species transmit T. annulata in at least eight Africa countries (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia).

Evaluation of the heavy metals (mercury, lead, and cadmium) contamination of sardine () and swordfish () fished in three Algerian coasts.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) levels in 70 samples of sardine () and 30 samples of swordfish () fished in the Algerian coasts.

Materials And Methods: After the mineralization of the fish samples through the pressure digestion, the analyses were carried out by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy.

Results: Mean concentrations of Hg, Cd, and Pb in sardine were 0.

Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review.

Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is distributed worldwide and can affect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans. The present review aimed to collect, compile and summarize the data on the prevalence of T.

Molecular survey and genetic characterization of Anaplasma centrale, A. marginale and A. bovis in cattle from Algeria.

Bovine anaplasmosis could be caused by several Anaplasma species. The causative agents are transmitted by ticks and haematophagous arthropods with a high impact on both human and animal health. This study was conducted to estimate the infection rate and to characterize Anaplasma spp.

Haematological and biochemical indicators of tropical theileriosis diseased cattle in wilaya of Sétif (North East Algeria).

The authors investigated biochemical and haematological parameters in 40 healthy and 40 tropical theileriosis () clinically infected cattle in El Eulma region (North East Algeria). The mean haematological and biochemical parameters including the number of erythrocytes, haemoglobin, haematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration and mean corpuscular haemoglobin were estimated. The mean hematological and biochemical parameters including the number of leukocytes, erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, glucose, albumin, total proteins decreased significantly ( = 0.