IDENTIFICATION OF Strongyloides papillosus AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF CATTLE IN BASRAH PROVINCE

Abstract

The present study has been conducted for detection of Strongyloides papillosus parasite isolated from cattle in Basrah province from November 2018 to June 2019. 255 and 300 samples were collected from fecal and serum of bovine, respectively. Samples were collected from slaughterhouse and animals from regions in Basrah province. Ten serum samples were from Mosul province. 255 fecal samples submitted to the parasites lab. for routine microscopic examination and 7.54% of those samples were detected positive for S.papillosus. Serum samples tested by ELISA (SS-IgM) and the results confirmed that 34.7% of samples were infected with S.papillosus. ELISA showed a high infection rate in comparison with microscopic examination. Also, this study has detected other types of gastrointestinal parasite of cattle. Parasites identified in this study included: nematode, Toxocara vitulorum (13.2%),Capillaria bovis (1.88 %), Gongylonemia spp.