The study was designed to investigate the relationship between growth trait and biometric traitsin Baluchi sheep. This study was conducted to estimate the genetic and phenotypic biometric traitsincluding daily gain (ADG) and height at withers (HW), height at back (HB), body length (BL),heart girth (HG), leg girth (LG) and testis girth (TG) in Baluchi sheep. Total data of 4542 recordsfrom six experimental herds of Jahad Organization Research Centre of Mashhad County werecollected since 2001 to 2011. Data were analyzed using General Linear Model (GLM) of SAS. Forthe estimation of genetic parameters and genetic correlation between traits, animal model uni andmulti-trait by restricted maximum likelihood (REML) of WOMBAT 32 (Meyer 2007) have beenused. The mean heritability of ADG, BL, HG, HW, HB, TG and LG traits was estimated 0.13±0.01,0.11±0.06, 0.21±0.07, 0.17±0.06, 0.32±0.1 and 0.2±0.06 respectively. The results of the currentstudy showed that the TG trait has the highest heritability. The estimations shows geneticimprovement will be predictable in biometric traits of Baluchi sheep. The genetic correlationbetween traits was positive, ranged between 0.15-0.97. Moreover, phenotypic correlation waspositive and was estimated in range of 0.32 to 0.94.

Background and Aims: Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease is one of the most important viral infections in sheep and goats that is caused by a morbillivirus from the paramixoviridae family, causing lesions in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 250 blood samples were taken from the jugular vein of the apparently healthy and diseased sheep with common symptoms of PPR in Shabestar Region, Iran. Samples were randomly divided into different age groups (under 6, 6 to 12, and 12 to 24 and over 24 months). Serum samples were tested using PPR kit by ELISA antibody method to determine the prevalence. Results: The overall rate of PPR seroprevalence in Shabestar Region sheep was 28%, which was 20% in the age groups under 6 months, 37% in the 6-12 months, 26% in the 12-24 months and 17% in the above 24 months. Conclusion: According to the results, Our results revealed that the PPR seroprevalence high in sheeps of shabestar region and preventive proceeding need to control and eradication of the disease in that region. The severity of the disease was also reported in the age group of 6 to 12 months, which can be adviced as a best time for vaccination in the region.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to estimate inbreeding coefficient in Sangsari sheep and its impact on growth traits in order to manage breeding programs and preventing possible negative and harmful effects of excessive increase of inbreeding. Inbreeding is the mating of individuals whose relatedness is greater than the average degree of relationship exists in the population and capable of changing the genotypic frequencies of a population without modifying the gene frequencies. Increase in inbreeding can lead to reduced response to selection of economic traits and the heterozygosity and consequently leads to increase in homozygosity and loss of genetic diversity. …

Coenurosis is caused by Coenurus cerebralis. Coenurosis is the larval stage of Taenia multiceps multiceps. Mature parasite live in canine & canidae gut. Parasite larve stage inclinate mostly to C.N.S specially brain & spinal cord. This study accomplished at 3 months (from may to july) 2008 in 986 slaughted sheeps. The percent sheeps (0.3%) were infected. Coenurosis doesn, t response to treatment, thus priphylaxis is the best way for control of disease. For example, prevention of access in dogs to parasite & pharmaceutical treatment against parasite in dogs can cause control of disease.

Lyrical poetry is one of the most important literary genres in the history of literary criticism. In the history of literature of any land, there are poems that were composed with or to accompany music, and on the other hand, there are simple, emotional and musical poems that have emerged from the heart of the general public and have become the official source of lyrical poems. Influenced by the romantic definition of lyrical poetry, Iranian scholars have often considered this type of poetry as poems that express personal feelings and emotions and the personal "I" of the speaker. In lyrical poetry, romantic themes are presented with a cover of arrays and based on the poet's personal feeling. Poetic images are the result of linking the poet's emotional experiences with the phenomena and events around him. In this literary genre, the structure of poetic images is particularly similar to the definition of image in literary language. This research has tried to recount in a descriptive-analytical way the original manifestations of lyrical literature in Baluchi love poems. Ancient Baluchi poetry is more narrative, and the surviving works are epic and love stories or important historical events that poets have written in short and semi-long poems.

The objective of this study was to compare genetic gain, aggregate genotype and change of inbreeding in closed nucleus, open nucleus and sire referencing strategies with computer simulation. Four traits of litter size (LS), weaning weight (WW), average daily gain from weaning to 6 months of age (ADG) and greasy fleece weight (GFW) were included in selection index and breeding goal. Relative economic values of these traits were 240, 8, 0.424 and 1, respectively. The genetic gain, aggregate genotype and inbreeding for three strategies were calculated for 10 years selection. Average and standard errors of 20 repeats were reported. Results of simulation showed that cumulative genetic gain in closed nucleus after 10 years selection was 0.190, 1.342 kg, 44.96 g and 0.125 kg for LS, WW, ADG and GFW, respectively. These estimates were 0.193, 1.355 kg, 46.50 g and 0.128 kg in open nucleus and 0.197; 1.492 kg, 52.48 g and 0.138 kg in sire referencing strategies, respectively. For all traits, genetic gain resulted from sire referencing strategy were higher than closed and open nucleus strategies. Average yearly increase of inbreeding coefficient were 0.247, 0.095 and 0.175 percentage for closed nucleus, open nucleus and sire referencing strategies, respectively. Inbreeding coefficient in open nucleus was lower than closed nucleus and sire referencing strategies. In general, based on genetic gain and aggregate genotype value, sire referencing strategy is more suitable than open and closed nucleus strategies for Baluchi sheep breeding.

Cloisonne kidney is an accidental finding of the kidneys observed in abattoir. The lesion caused by the thickening of the proximal and sometimes distal convoluted tubules basement membranes due to iron pigmentation is so far reported in goats, sheep and horses. Renal cortex is brown but the condition does not involve the medulla. The lesion brings about no impairment of the renal normal function and affected animals are clinically normal. Although the exact cause of this condition remains unknown but intravascular hemolysis is considered to have a role. The following study was undertaken to determine sheep cloisonne kidney frequency rate in Tabriz and Rasht abattoir. A number of 10000 sheep carcasses in Rasht slaughterhouse and 8600 carcasses in Tabriz slaughterhouse were randomly examined and tissue samples were stained with H&E. Only eleven cases were diagnosed with the cloisonne kidney lesion. Thus the frequency rate of the lesion was estimated at 0.059% in sheep of these cities.