Faecal samples were taken from 251 pigeons (136 domestic pigeons and 115 wild ones). The samples were examined through the centrifugal flotation method using Sheather's saturated sugar solution. In addition, all the samples were examined for Cryptosporidium oocysts by using a modified acid-fast staining method. Coccidia oocysts were detected in 81 (59.6%) domestic pigeons and in 35 (30.4%) wild pigeons. Coccidian species identified in domestic pigeons were as follows: Eimeria labbeana (58.1%); E. columbarum (30.9%); E. columbae (22.1%); and Isospora sp. (18.4%). In wild pigeons, the oocysts of the following species were detected: Eimeria labbeana (28.7%), E. columbarum (10.4%), E. columbae (5.2%), and Isospora sp. (13.0%). Helminth eggs were found in faeces of 32 (23.5%) domestic pigeons and in five (4.3%) wild pigeons. The following helminth species were identified: Capillaria sp. (19.9%) Ascaridia columbae (5.1%), and Heterakis sp. (3.7%) in domestic pigeons; and Capillaria sp. (4.3%) and Syngamus sp. (1.7%) in wild pigeons. Cryptosporidium oocysts were not observed in the faecal samples of both domestic and wild pigeons.
The prevalence of Coenurus cerebralis was investigated for 12 months in 387 slaughtered sheep in the Kars province. During the study, the breed, age, sex of animals, the location of cysts, numbers, diameters of the cysts, the amount of the fluid, and number of the scolices were recorded. The infection rate of coenurosis was recorded at 15.5% (60/387) in the examined heads. Clinical symptoms of coenurosis were seen in only 17 of the animals (4.3%). The cysts were located in the cerebral hemispheres in 96.7% of the cases and in 3.3% in the cerebellum. The infected heads contained 1-4 coenurus cysts. The disease, according to the season, was more prevalent in October (28.5%) and less prevalent in April (3.1%). The infection rates according to the age of animals were 15.0% in one-year-old, 21.7% in two- year-old, and 11.4% in 3-year-old or older animals. The number of coenurus cysts in morkaraman sheep was higher (15.9%) than that of akkaraman sheep (14.1%). The incidence of coenurosis was 14.4% in males and 15.9% in females.
The seeds of two safflower cultivars were investigated in order to determine their frictional and aerodynamic properties as a function of moisture content. The coefficients of dynamic friction of cultivars on aluminium, plywood, fibreglass and steel surfaces increased by 87, 56, 78, and 129% for cv. Remzibey-05 seed, and by 91, 31, 71, and 131% for cv. Dinçer seed, respectively, between the initial and final moisture content levels. The terminal velocities of the Remzibey-05 and Dinçer seeds increased by 15 and 11%, respectively, with increase in moisture content between the initial and final levels.