[The seropositivity of Toxoplasma gondii and Listeria monocytogenes in the dogs of Kars and vicinity].

This study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii and L. monocytogenes in the dogs of 15 villages in 7 towns of the Kars Province.

The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species in diarrhoeic lambs in Kars province and potential risk factors.

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium species in diarrhoeic lambs and investigate some risk factors in Kars province (Northeastern region of Anatolia) in Turkey. Four hundred faecal samples were taken from the rectums of clinically diarrhoeic and aged to 1-month-old lambs from 34 sheep farms in 20 villages in March-April 2007 and examined by using the modified acid-fast staining technique. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species was found as 38.

Detection of Babesia (Theileria) equi (Laveran, 1901) in horses in the Kars province of Turkey.

This study was carried out in order to detect antibodies to Babesia (Theileria) equi in the local breed of horses in the province of Kars, Turkey. A total of 108 serum samples from apparently healthy horses in eight villages were examined for B. equi antibodies by an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT).

[Evaluation of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis cases in people in Erzurum and surrounding cities.].

The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively cases of cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) cases admitted to the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University These cases had come from Erzurum and surrounding cities. A total of 133 tissue samples from the cases submitted to the Department of Pathology from the Department of Surgery between 1 January 1999 and 15 July 2004 had been diagnosed as CE/AE. Of these cases, 111 (83.

[Hydatid cyst prevalence in the region of Kars.].

It has been reported that hydatid cysts are more common in societies that breed animals. Although there have been epidemiologic studies in various regions of our country, there has been no previous study related to this issue in the province of Kars where stockbreeding is quite common. In this study in order to determine the seroprevalence in the city of Kars and villages of the province of Kars, 511 serums were obtained and the specimens were analyzed by the indirect hemagglutination technique (IHAT) and indirect immunofluorescent technique (IFAT).