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Investigation the Prevalence of Common Parasitic Infections in Farmed Quails in Upper Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Veterinary Diseases (Fish diseases, Poultry diseases, Infectious disea…imal diseases, Internal medicine, Laboratory and clinical diagnosis).

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and identification of most common parasitic infections of quails and to determine their seasonal variation. One hundred diseased quails (60 quails in summer and 40 quails in winter) were obtained from quail farms in different localities of Assiut and El-menia Governorates and were examined for the presence of ectoparasites, endoparasites, intestinal protozoa, blood protozoa and parasites of other organs (lungs, brain and liver). Results revealed that neither ectoparasites nor macroscopic parasites were observed in the examined quails. Mainly, the encountered parasites were intestinal protozoa (44%), blood protozoa (25%) and parasites of other organs (28%). The overall parasitic infection rate in the examined quails was higher in cold season (57%) than warm season (53%). The intestinal protozoa were identified including Eimeria spp. (30%), Cryptosporidium spp. (19%), Tetratrichomonas galinarum (15%), Cyclospora spp. (4%), Isospora spp. (3%) and Microsporidia spp. (3%). The prevalence rate of intestinal protozoal infection was higher in warm season 46.6% (28 out of 60 examined birds) than cold seasons 40% (16 out of 40 examined birds). The incidence rate of mixed intestinal protozoal infection was higher (24.8%) than the single infection (18.8%). The blood protozoa were reported including Leucocytozoon spp. (9%), Babesiosoma spp. (8%), Aegyptianella spp. (7%), Plasmodium gallinaceum (4%), Haemoproteus spp. (4%), Atoxoplasma spp. (1%) and Ehrlichia spp. (1%). The prevalence of parasitic infection in other organs showed that respiratory tract (trachea and lung) infection with Cryptosporidium spp. (24%), hepatic histomoniasis (3%) and brain toxoplasmosis (7%).

DOI

10.21608/svu.2020.31915.1058

Keywords

Parasitic infection in quail, Intestinal protozoa, Blood protozoa, Extra-intestinal protozoa

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

K

Affiliation

Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

a.hassan@aun.edu.eg

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First Name

Esam

Last Name

Naeem

MiddleName

V

Affiliation

Assiut Veterinary Medicine Directorate, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

medhat_edu2009@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, El-menia University, El-menia, Egypt

Email

soliman.mohamed82@gmail.com

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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13077

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-06-05

Publish Date

2020-12-01

Page Start

38

Page End

50

Print ISSN

2535-1826

Online ISSN

2535-1877

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https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/article_98372.html

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Research article

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712

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SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023