Prevalence of Buxtonella sulcata in neonatal and young lambs in three regions in Baghdad city (Abu Ghraib, Yusufiya and Mahmudiyah) | ||
| journal of kerbala university | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 2, July 2014, Pages 89-94 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. H. O. Al-Seady; M. H. kawan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Buxtonella sulcata (Jameson, 1926) is an intestinal protozoan of ruminants. B. sulcata may be a potential cause of diarrhea in lambs when there are suitable conditions in the intestinal lumen that promote the parasite multiplication. This work aimed to investigate the cyst and trophozoites of B. sulcata in lambs. 200 fecal samples of lambs (115 male – 85 female) were collected from three different areas in Baghdad province (Abu Ghraib, AL-Yusufiya and AL-Mahmudiyah), with age ranged from > 1month to 1year old. Two laboratory methods were used to detect B. sulcata cysts and trophozoites in fecal samples: direct wet film method and ether-formalin sedimentation method. The overall rate of infection was 24.5%, where the infection rate in male lambs 23.47% and in female 25.88%. Abo- Ghraib region showed the highest prevalence rate 34.28%. | ||
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