Babesiosis of small ruminants in Sulaimani city Kurdistan-Iraq
Other Title(s)
داء الكمثريات في المجترات الصغيرة في مدينة السليمانية كردستان-العراق
Joint Authors
Abd Allah, Shadan Hasan
Muhammad, Aram Ahmad
Source
al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.39-43, 5 p.
Publisher
al-Qadisiyah University College of Veterinary Medicine
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Babesiosis was studied in sheep and goats in Sulaimani city, Kurdistan -Iraq from June to September 2012.
A total of 160 blood samples (135 of sheep and 25 of goats) were collected from different farms.
Giemsa stained blood smears were applied to study babesiosis, also ticks were collected from external animals body surfaces.
Results of this study showed that Babesia species was recorded among the small ruminants as 92/160 (57.5 %), 76/135 (56.3%) of these from sheep and 16/25 (64%) of goats.
Statistically there are no significant differences between sheep and goats infection by Babesia species at (P< 0.05).
According to the morphological characters four Babesia species were recorded in the study which was B.
ovis, B.
motasi, B.
foliata, and B.
taylori.
One species of tick Hyalomma anatolicum was seen.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd Allah, Shadan Hasan& Muhammad, Aram Ahmad. 2014. Babesiosis of small ruminants in Sulaimani city Kurdistan-Iraq. al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences،Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.39-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-743384
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd Allah, Shadan Hasan& Muhammad, Aram Ahmad. Babesiosis of small ruminants in Sulaimani city Kurdistan-Iraq. al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences Vol. 13, no. 2 (2014), pp.39-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-743384
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd Allah, Shadan Hasan& Muhammad, Aram Ahmad. Babesiosis of small ruminants in Sulaimani city Kurdistan-Iraq. al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences. 2014. Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.39-43.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-743384
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Text in English; abstracts in English and Arabic.
Record ID
BIM-743384