Etiological study of some pulmonary lesions in buffaloes in southern of Iraq

الملخص EN

The present study is an attempt to determine the Etiology (Bacterial & Parasitic) of Buffaloes Pulmonary Lesions.

For this purpose samples of (105) affected lungs were collected from abattoirs.

of the cities in southern part of Iraq named (Basra, Amara, Nassirya and the Qurna).

* 1 Samples of the investigation were obtained through the examination of a total of (917) lung apparently healthy buffaloes examined in six months period from 1st of October 1980 to end ofMarch 1990.

Among the encountered Pulmonary Lesions, (68) = eases ((> 4.

7( > %) were associated with bacterial isolation and from (6) cases (5.

71%) no etiology identified.

The various bacterial isolates associate with different pulmonary lesions are mentioned and it's significance is discussed.

Pulmonary parasitic infection were encountered in (31) cases « (29.

5 %) of all types of lung affection observed among which one case (3.

2 %) was caused by V Dict.

viviparous and one case of migration of liver flakes (Fasciola gigantic) twenty nine (93.2%) due to larval ofthe tape worm (echinococcus granulose ).