Infection rate and biochemical characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis from sheep in Minoufiya governorate, Egypt.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports
; 20: 100396, 2020 04.
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ABSTRACT
Cysticercus tenuicollis, the larval stage of Taenia hydatigenia, infects sheep and causes economic losses due to condemnation of infected organs. This study was designed to report the infection rate, risk factors, biochemical, and molecular characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis in sheep from Ashmoun, Minoufiya, Egypt. The infection rate was 18%. The age was a risk factor for infection where there was a significant difference in infection rate between sheep more than 3 years and sheep under 3 years of age. There was no significant difference between infection in male and female groups. The liver had the highest organ distribution followed by omentum. Biochemical analysis of the cyst fluid showed some variations in the levels of ALT, AST, triglycerides, cholesterol, total protein, urea nitrogen, calcium, sodium, chromium, potassium than the levels identified in Algeria, Iraq, and Iran. PCR and sequence analysis of cox1 and ssrRNA showed that the sequences from Minoufiya, Egypt were highly identical to the related ones from several countries and confirmed the cyst is Cysticercus tenuicollis. This study reported the infection rate, risk factors, biochemical analysis, and molecular characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis in sheep from Minoufiya, Egypt.
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Doenças dos Ovinos
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Cisticercose
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Cysticercus
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2020
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