Beta
37345

Occurrence of some Parasites in farmed ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Egypt

Article

Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Ostrich farming is a new field of livestock production in Egypt and still in its infancy stage in comparison to the poultry industry. Parasitism is considered as a potential health problem hindering the development of ostrich production resulting in economic losses. Feathers and fresh faecal samples were collected from 26 farmed ostriches and examined microscopically for external and internal parasites. Three species of ectoparasites ; Gabucinia bicaudata (3.85%) , Dermoglyphus pachycnemis (3.85%) , Struthiolipeurus struthionis (3.85%) and four species of internal ones; Strongylid egg " Libyostongylus sp. or Codiostomum sp." (3.85%) , Cryptosporidium sp. (15.38%) Eimeria sp. (3.85%) , Balantidium struthionis (7.69%) were recorded and identified. Dermoglyphus pachycnemis was reported for the first  time in farmed ostrich in Egypt.
 

DOI

10.21608/evmspj.2016.37345

Keywords

Farmed ostriches, Struthio camelus, ectoparasites, endoparasites

Authors

First Name

Nosseur

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Zagazig University.

Email

nosseur@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

-

Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

5993

Issue Date

2016-12-01

Receive Date

2016-06-26

Publish Date

2016-12-01

Page Start

91

Page End

100

Print ISSN

1687-2274

Online ISSN

2682-3187

Link

https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/article_37345.html

Detail API

https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=37345

Order

8

Type

Original Article

Type Code

882

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal (EVMSPJ)

Publication Link

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

MainTitle

Occurrence of some Parasites in farmed ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Egypt

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023