[Leishmania infantum MON-1 isolated from a golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Grande Kabylie (Algeria)]. / Leishmania infantum MON-1 isolé d'un chacal doré (Canis aureus) en Grande Kabylie (Algérie).

In the north of Algeria, Leishmania infantum is responsible for two clinical forms of leishmaniasis: visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, for which dogs are the only proven reservoir host. In this study, the authors report, for the first time, the isolation of L. infantum from a golden jackal (Canis aureus) trapped in the Illoulen ou Malou region (Grande Kabylie). Two isolates were thus obtained from bone marrow and spleen and were identified by starch gel isoenzyme electrophoresis as L. infantum MON-1, the widespread zymodeme in the north of the country. Leishmania parasites have also been detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the biopsy of the spleen. The golden jackal, a prevalent wild canid in Northern Africa, could play a predominant role in the sylvatic foci of leishmaniasis and in the dissemination of the parasite in this region.

[Lesions in subclinical coccidial infection in penned lambs]. / Aspect lésionnel de l'infection coccidienne subclinique chez les agneaux de bergerie.

Coproscopic examination at 21, 60 and 90 days have shown various coccidia species in lambs belonging to three different farms. These animals slaughtered for butchery between 100 and 120 days have been sampled for lesions in the small intestine. We tried to determine if the site or structure of lesions could be linked to a special kind of coccidia. The results we obtained cannot answer this question, may be because in natural conditions there is not a monospecific coccidia infection, may be because the lambs did not suffer from a clinical coccidiosis, certainly because there is not a compulsory link between oocyst found in feces by coproscopy and the species of coccidia which evolve in the intestinal mucosa.