The College of Education, Qurna, at the University of Basra, held a panel discussion on the study (isolation and diagnosis of bacteria associated with hydatid cysts and testing their sensitivity to antibiotics).

 The study included the isolation and diagnosis of the bacteria associated with the fluids of hydatid cysts isolated from the livers and lungs of sheep, cows and buffaloes by isolating and diagnosing the bacteria associated with the hydatid cysts by traditional methods and then investigating the susceptibility of the isolated bacteria towards antibiotics as well as conducting molecular studies of the isolated bacteria using the 16SrRNA gene to diagnose the bacteria on level of sex and gender.