Prevalence of Eimeria species among sheep and goats in Suez Governorate, Egypt

Abstract

HighlightsSubclinical infection with Eimeria spp. was detected in sheep (57.7%) and goats (60%).Infected sheep serum levels of protein and sodium showed a significant decrease.Extracted DNA from sporulated oocysts was successfully amplified at 100 bp band using PCR.

Prevalence of Eimeria Species in Sheep with A Special Reference to Vaccinated Pregnant Ewes for Maternal Immunity for the First Time

“…With regard to the sex, there is a significant difference between sex, in which the prevalence rate was higher in females (76.3%, n=371/486) as compared to males (68.3%, n= 302/442). This result agreed with that noted by El-Akabawy (1992) in Kaloubia who recorded that females were more susceptible to infection (82.3%) than males (78%), and Mohamaden et al, (2018) in Suez, Egypt who recorded that females showed a higher prevalence rate (69.1%) than males (48.4%). On the other hand, this result disagreed with Sulaiman et al, (2005) who observed that the highest infection rate was in males (58.3%) than females (37.11%), Idris et al (2012) who observed that male lambs (4.66%) were more susceptible to infection than females (4.15%), and Dabasa et al, (2017) who recorded males more infected (31%) than females (10.4%).…”

“…Double infection rate was in 29.7% (n=200/673) while mixed infection rate was in 43.7% (n=294/673). The present result nearly similar to that recorded by El-Akabawy (1992) in Kaloubia, who investigated that mixed infection with 2-9 different Eimeria species was 78.8%, Toulah (2007) in Saudi Arabia, who noticed that mixed infection with multiple infection with three species was 51.22%, Mohamaden et al, (2018) who detected that the mixed infection was 68.3% of the examined sheep in Suez, Egypt. On the other hand, it disagreed with that observed by El-Akabawy (1992) in Kaloubia, who investigated that single infection rate was 1.7% among examined sheep.…”

“…This result agreed with that reported by Ali (2005) in Sudan, who noted that the highest prevalence rate occurred in spring (98%), while the lowest rate was in summer, Nasr et al, (2008) in Sharkia, who noted that the highest prevalence rate was recorded in winter for male and female (78.89% & 90.82%, respectively), followed by spring (71.84%), autumn (66.10%) while the lower infection rate was in summer (52.63%), Mahran (2009) in Red sea governorate, Egypt, who noticed that higher prevalence rate was in winter while the lowest rate was in summer. While this results disagreed with that obtained with El-Akabawy (1992) who reported that, the infection rate was high in autumn (89.3%) followed by winter (82.7%), summer (77.4%) and spring (73.9%), Boshra (1994) Summer had higher prevalence rate (91.04%), followed by spring (78.57%) and autumn (74.54%) while the lowest prevalence rate was in winter (74.45%), and Mohamaden et al, (2018) in Suez, Egypt, who detected that the highest infection rate was in summer followed by autumn and spring. While the lowest rate was in winter.…”

Endoparasites Determined by Fecal Examination in Sheep in Erzurum Province

“…The host's immunity can change depending on the age and sex of the animal. In the earlier studies, findings of more prevalent Eimeria infections in females than males caused by some stress-factors such as pregnancy, lambing, and lactation were reported (6,27).…”

Prevalence assessment of gastrointestinal parasitic infections among goats in Giza Governorate, Egypt

“…Studying the intensity of parasitic infection prevalence remains a need for animal's proper management and control measures. In Egypt, monitoring of helminthic and protozoal infections and their prevalence has been recorded among small ruminants (Soliman and Zalat 2003;El-Shahawy 2016;Sultan et al 2016;Elmadawy and Diab 2017;Mohamaden et al 2018). It is supposed that determination of the most prevailing GIP is imperative to shrink the economic losses in goat industry.…”