بعض العوامل المؤثرة في انتشار المقوسة القندية عند المجترات الصغيرة في محافظتي حماة و درعا

Abstract EN

This study was carried out on 136 and 133 blood sample taken from Shami goats and Awassi sheep respectively, raised under intensive system (government station) and pastoral system (Bedouin herds) common in Hama and Daraa provinces in order to detect the prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies and determine the effect of the production system, the geographical area, and the animal species on the prevalence of this disease.

Indirect Immuno Fluorescent Antibodies Test (IAFT) was used to detect the Toxoplasma antibodies.

Results showed that toxoplasma antibodies at government stations and in Bedouin herds varied between 0-71%.

The prevalence of toxoplasam antibodies in the government stations (sheep and goats) reached 13.42% and significantly (P≤0.05) lower than that in the Bedouin production system (27.7%).

The prevalence in sheep reached to 30.82% and was significantly higher (P≤0.01) than that in goats (17.65%).

It showed that sheep are more susceptible to toxoplasma infection compared to goats.

The effect of the geographic location (environmental conditions) on the prevalence of toxoplasma was high (P≤0.05) (1 9.70%, 28.47%, in Hama, Daraa respectively).

Moreover, there were high interactions between these factors (P≤0.001) .

This study confirms that the prevalence of toxoplasma was influenced by the patterns of the production system, the geographical location and the animal species, prevalence of toxoplasma affecting with whole studied factors.