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Prevalence of Sarcocystis species infecting sheep from Egypt

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Sheep is considered as a biological guide for the environmental pollution with different parasites because of their grazing habits and rearing patterns. Herein, we examined 540 sheep of different ages and sexes slaughtered at 3 Egyptian Provinces (Dakahlia, Damietta and Cairo), for detection of Sarcocystis infecion. Esophageal muscle specimens were collected from slaughtered sheep.  Samples were examined using both visual inspection and muscle compression technique.  Fast 5 minutes 10% Geimsa solution immersion of the fresh samples was perfect for better observation of the microscopic sarcocysts. Formalin-preserved positive samples were subjected to histopathological examination. Overall, 95.37% of the examined sheep were harboring sarcocysts. Two types of sarcocysts were revealed, macroscopic (1% of older sheep) and microscopic (84.43% in smaller and 95.37% in older sheep). The infection was proportionally increased with age, while females were had a higher prevalence than males. Incidences equal to or over than 90% were reported allover the year seasons. Morphologically, macroscopiccystswere ranged from 0.8 – 1 cm in length with thin and smooth walls, while the microscopic ones were ranged from 600 – 700 µm in length with thick cyst wall either striated or smooth. Detailed morphological features were given. This report illustrates the wide dispersal of the infective stages of Sarcocystis species (sporocysts) in the environment, and could be beneficial for further molecular studies.

DOI

10.21608/evmspj.2016.37332

Keywords

Sarcocystis, sheep, prevalence, Morphology

Authors

First Name

Salah

Last Name

Abuelwafa

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

Email

ssabuelwafa@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Alaraby

MiddleName

AbdElsalam

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

Email

alarabyma@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

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First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

Email

ielsyed@mans.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Basem

Last Name

Elmishmishy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of veterinary Medicine,Mansoura University

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dr_b_elmishmishy@mans.edu.eg

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Mansoura

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12

Article Issue

1

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5993

Issue Date

2016-12-01

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2016-06-26

Publish Date

2016-12-01

Page Start

74

Page End

90

Print ISSN

1687-2274

Online ISSN

2682-3187

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EVMSPJ_Volume 12_Issue 1_Pages 74-90.pdf

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/article_37332.html

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882

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Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal (EVMSPJ)

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Sarcocystis species infecting sheep from Egypt

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22 Jan 2023