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Conjunctival swabs were obtained from both eyes of 50 healthy sheep to identify the fungal flora. Data were analyzed for effect of age and sex. Out of 100 samples cultured, 18 (18%) showed fungal growth with predominance of the genus Cladosporium (38.89%). Other isolated fungal genera were Penicillium (16.67%), Rhodotorula (16.67%), Aspergillus (16.67%) and Curvularia (11.10%). There was no significant effect of sex and age on frequency of fungal isolation. Results showed that fungi are not prevalent on the ocular surface of healthy sheep.Keywords: Fungal flora, Eye, Sheep, Cladosporium spp. Klinik Olarak Normal Koyunların Konjunktival Kesesinde Mantarların Yaygınlığı ÖzetElli adet koyunda yapılan bu çalışmada hayvanların gözlerindeki konjunktival keselerden alınan sıvap örneklemesi ile normal fungal floranın belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Çalışmada yaş ve cinsiyetin etkisi analiz edildi. Kültürü yapılan 100 örneğin 18 (%18)'inde fungal üreme görüldü. Cladosporium cinsi (%38.89) en çok üreyen mantar idi. Diğer üreyen mantarlar; Penicillium (%16.67), Rhodotorula (%16.67), Aspergillus (%16.67) ve Curvularia (%11.10) idi. Cinsiyet ve yaşın fungal izolasyon üzerine etkisi saptanmadı. Sonuçlar sağlıklı koyunların göz yüzeyinde mantarların yaygın olarak bulunmadığını gösterdi.

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive-motor exercises on pain, range of motion, and quality of life in elderly female patients with knee arthritis. In this quasi-experimental study, 30 elderly female patients referred to the physical medicine ward of Tabriz International Hospital were selected via a convenience sampling method and randomly divided into experimental (n = 16) and control (n = 14) groups. Patients in the experimental group performed cognitive-motor exercises for eight weeks, three sessions per week, and each session for 45-60 minutes. Range of motion of the knee joint were used to measure pain and quality of life via electro goniometer and the KOOS questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using combined analysis of variance test at the significance level of 0.05 in SPSS18 software. The research results showed that after cognitivemotor exercises, the amount of pain (P = 0.001), range of motion (P = 0.001), and quality of life (P = 0.001) improved significantly. As the findings indicated, it seems that cognitive-motor exercises can be used as a useful method for the rehabilitation of elderly women with knee osteoarthritis.