Identification of Cryptosporidium sp. in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Tikrit city, Iraq | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 193-196 | ||
| Author | ||
| Omaima Ibrahim Mahmood | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract : The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium sp. (Apicomplexa, Cryptosporidiidae) in the common carp Cyprinus carpio in Tikreet city and neighboring areas. 165 fish were examined for the presence of oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp. since 2010 until the end of May 2011 . At the time of arrival and intestinal washings with saline solution. Oocysts were concentrated by an ether-phosphate-buffered saline sedimentation technique. Smears were made with the sediment and submitted to modified acid-fast staining. The overall prevalence of Cryptosporidium sp. Oocysts was 16.9%. High prevalence of infection was in winter and spring 26.3% and 20.9% respectively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cryptosporidium; common carp | ||
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