| Study on frequency of Theileria spp. & Babesia spp. in immigrant goats of Isfahan province |
| Paper ID : 1057-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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Vahid Noaman * Amirieh Town, P. O. Box: 81785-199 |
| Abstract |
| Isfahan province with 1.5 million immigrant sheep and goats has one of the highest populations of immigrant sheep & goats in Iran and nomadic people are depending on them as source of meat and milk.Theileriosis and Babesiosis are problem of these sheep and goats and in them the diseases can be fetal. goats act as reservoirs for the Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. and no studies have been done in Isfahan.In this parasitological survey, prevalence of Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. was studied in immigrant sheep & goats of Isfahan area in Iran. This survey conducted from 2012 to 2013, by examination of blood smears from Immigrant goats that were selected by cluster random sampling design .In Immigrant goats, a total of 715 blood smears, originating from 3 areas & 57 flocks were investigated for the presence of haemoparasitse. Of a total of 700 blood smears examined 266 (37.2%) were positive for blood parasites [152(21.26%) B. ovis, 44 (6.15%) B. motasi, 35 (4.9%) T. ovis 34 (4.75%) T.hirci]. In comparison between haemoparasites the mean of infection rate of B. ovis was significantly higher than other parasites (P<0.05) |
| Keywords |
| Isfahan –goat– Babesia – Theileria. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |