Mixed parasitic infection on native mountain goats ( big horne goats)‎ of dohuk area

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Horne goat of the north mountains of Iraq (Kurdistan–Iraq) Big one of the little wild ruminants seen in this area.

Several captured heads of these animals suffering from severe dramatics changes in their health like anorexia, hyperthermia and common depression followed by death.

The post mortem investigation showed a mixed parasitic infection (Sarcocystosis, Hydatid cyst disease and Hydatigenosis) which registered for the first time in those animals and in that region which have a healthy and epidemiological importance.