The main medical problems of ostriches

Kritas, S. K.

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“…In our studies among the invasive population of African ostriches EI reaches 45.9%, in it -20.0%, and in the nandu of this pathogen we did not show. Other researchers report the invasiveness of ostriches (Kritas, 2001;Rafael et al, 2013), and in our results we note the presence of these pathogens in all species of ostriches in three regions of Ukraine. Infestation is common in many countries of the world, where ostriches are grown (Khatri & Maharjan, 2018), but it varies from 0.6 to 60%, and according to our research it is 15.3% among adult birds, and 26.5% among young people.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…This is a direct threat of the emergence of new, unknown to us infectious and invasive diseases and their spread in safe areas (Springborn et al, 2015). Scientific knowledge about ostrich diseases is incomplete and very fragmented, and specific details on the technical aspects of diagnostic and screening tests are in most cases completely lacking (Verwoerd, 2000;Kritas, 2001). Since ostriches are a species unusual for the territory of Ukraine, they historically live in other climatic conditions, the diseases inherent in these birds in Ukraine are poorly studied.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Endoparasic diseases of ostriches in eastern Ukraine

Paliy¹,

Сумакова²,

Петров³

2020

Ukr J Ecol

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In ostrich farming is difficult to obtain the necessary production and economic results without protection of bird health. We determined the incidence of parasitic ostriches during the period of growing and keeping on specialized eco-zoos. Samples from small and large farms, as well as eco-parks in Kharkiv, Dnepr and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, were examined during 2016- 2020. We performed a parasitological study of 159 samples from three species of ostriches (black African ostrich, Australian common Emu (Dromaius), Rhea). Infestation of ostriches of different ages with two types of nematodes and Eimeria was established. We determoined that the population of ostriches in specialized farms and eco-zoos was infested with nematodes and protozoa with an extensiveness of invasion from 7.7% to 71.4% among adult birds, while young ostriches were infested with Emeria from 20.0% to 44.4%. The largest invasion by helminths and protozoa was observed among black African ostriches in Kharkiv region (41.4%), in Dnepr region it was 33.3%, and in Donetsk it reached 34.1%. Among the livestock of ostriches, there were both mono and mixinvasions. Most often, this was an invasion by Trichostrongylus spp. and Eimeria spp. in African black ostriches, capillaries and Eimeria in Emu. In Kharkiv region, the invasion of Capillaria by Trichostrongylus in African ostriches and Trichostrongylus in Emu were found when they were kept together. Acute and chronic eimeriosis disease can lead to the death of ostriches at the age of 3-4 months.

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confidence: 82%