دراسة إصابة الأبقار بطفيلي الجيارديا في فضاء الكوفة، النجف الأشرف العراق

الملخص EN

A total of 82 adult cow, 24 adult calves, which their ages more than one year, and 38 female calves, 29 male calves which their ages less than one year, are examined during the period from August/ 2021 till Feb / 2022 to detect their infection with Giardia parasite .It’s found that 18 of the adult animals infected with cyst (16.98 %) while 3 only infected with trophozoites (4.47%).

The animals that their ages less than one year exhibited less rate of infection (8.49% and 7.46% with cyst and trophozoite respectively).

According to months of the year, August show the highest rate of infection especially among adult male animals and small female animals (40% and 50% respectively).

The study recorded Giardia parasite in cattle's for the first time in Al-Kufa city, Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf.