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Microbiology, mycology and immunology
Abstract
The current study included examination of one hundred fecal samples which were collected from (50) horses and 50 donkeys of different sex and age from animals with or without clinical sings from several areas of Mosul city to diagnose Eimeria spp < /em>. The findings showed that the total percentage of infection with Eimeria spp < /em> was 24% which were 16% in horses and 32% in donkeys with no significant differences Also, the results revealed no significant differences occurred between sex and different ages of the examined animals. Eimeria leuckarti and E. uniungulati were diagnosed in fecal samples of horses while E.lecukarti, E.uniungulati and E. solipedum diagnosed in fecal samples of donkeys. It was found that E.lecukarti was the commonest species in both animal species. It was concluded that the infection with one species of Eimeria was noticed forming the highest infection rates in each horses and donkeys which were (87.5%, 62.5%), respectively.
DOI
10.21608/avmj.2020.168663
Keywords
Key word: Eimeria, Horse, donkey, Diagnosis, Feces, Mosul, Iraq
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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal
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