PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF Echinococus granulosus INFECTION IN LUNGS OF SHEEP IN KERBALA PROVINCE
2018
Zahra Saleh Mahdi | Muna Sachit Hashim | Inam Badr Falih | Eman Hashim Yousif | Bushra Ibrahim Mustafa
Parasitic infection of Ehinococus granulosus infects many animals because ofhosts variation ; intermediate host include ,sheep ,cattle ,goats ,pigs ,horses andcamels as well as human. Transmitted to intermediate host by the ingestion of eggand transmitted to definitive host via eating infected mature cyst's containing organs.Final host was dog and canine species were the adult worms may survive for up to 3years and laying egg after 6-10 month in dog that excretes with feces. The eggs maybe eaten in food such as vegetables , herbs ,fruit or drunk in contaminated water ,theycan also stick to the hands when a person pet an infected dog or cat ,handles a wildanimal or carcass, or touches contaminated soil and vegetation . One hundred 100lungs specimens were examined in field and in laboratory, results showed that morethan 50% of lungs samples were infected with hydatid cysts or Echinococusgranulosus, histopathological examination showed sever destructive and necrotic withhemolytic changes in lungs tissues contained Echinococus granulosuscysts.Conclusions: parasitic infection Echinococus granulosus or hydatid cysts werepredominantly and commonly existence in sheep living in Kerbala.
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