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Cattle blood analyses for parasitic infestation in Mosul, Iraq |
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Al-Abadi B.H1 and Al-Badrani B.A2 |
Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine,
College
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul,
Mosul, Iraq |
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Abstract |
Microscopic examination of blood smears from 220 cattle of different
regions in Mosul, Iraq
revealed eight genus of parasites. Some of them were intraerythrocytic
parasites like Theileria spp. (15.78%), Babesia spp.
(10.0%), and Anaplasma spp. (8.0%). Other were Mycoplasma
wenyonii (3.15%) and Trypanosoma spp. (6.48%), tachyzoite of
Toxoplasma gondii (2.63%) and Microfilaria of Setaria spp
(1.61%). Ehrlichia spp. (13.16%) were seen inside the cytoplasm
of leukocytes. Trypanosoma evansi (23.07%), T. theileri
(23.07%) and T. uniform (15.38%) were classified in this study
according to the morphological characteristic and biometrical analysis.
High parasitemia was recorded with Hemoplasma (50-100%) in
comparison with other infections and most of these infections were in
acute stage of the disease. Morphological changes of erythrocyte,
leukocytes and platelets showed association with most of these blood
parasites infections.
Apoptosis in peripheral blood was detected during the acute T. evansi
infection in cattle
under light microscope. In the present study, we reported the blood
parasites detected in cattle of Mosul, Iraq
for the first report in Mosul,
Iraq.
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Keywords:
Blood smear; blood parasites; cattle,
Mosul, Iraq |
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To cite this article:
Al-Abadi BH and BA Al-Badrani,
2012.
Cattle blood analyses for parasitic infestation in
Mosul,
Iraq.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 2(11), 535-542. |
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