IDENTIFICATION OF Strongyloides papillosus AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF CATTLE IN BASRAH PROVINCE

Noor Naiim Farhood; Suhair R. Al-Idreesi

IDENTIFICATION OF Strongyloides papillosus AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF CATTLE IN BASRAH PROVINCE

2020

Noor Naiim Farhood | Suhair R. Al-Idreesi

The present study has been conducted for detection of Strongyloides papillosusparasite isolated from cattle in Basrah province from November 2018 to June 2019.255 and 300 samples were collected from fecal and serum of bovine, respectively.Samples were collected from slaughterhouse and animals from regions in Basrahprovince. Ten serum samples were from Mosul province. 255 fecal samples submittedto the parasites lab. for routine microscopic examination and 7.54% of thosesamples were detected positive for S.papillosus. Serum samples tested by ELISA (SSIgM) and the results confirmed that 34.7% of samples were infected withS.papillosus. ELISA showed a high infection rate in comparison with microscopicexamination. Also, this study has detected other types of gastrointestinal parasite ofcattle. Parasites identified in this study included: nematode, Toxocara vitulorum(13.2%),Capillaria bovis (1.88 %), Gongylonemia spp. (3.77%) (first report inBasrah city),Oesophagostomum spp.(3.77%), Trichuris spp. (3.77 %),Trichostrongylus spp. (20.75%),Ostertagia spp. (1.88%); Cestoda ,Monieziaexpansa(1.88 %); Protozoan, Eimeria spp. (3.77 %),Balantidium spp. (1.88%),Isospora spp. (1.88%), Giardia lamblia (3.77%), Cryptosporidium spp. (5.66%),Entamoeba histolytica(11.32%) and Trematode , Paramphistomum spp.(7.54%),Fasciola spp. (5.66%).INTRODUCTI

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