Parasitic contamination of drinking water and its prevalence among handlers and sheep
Other Title(s)
التلوث الطفيلي لمياه الشرب و انتشارها بين العاملين و الأغنام
Joint Authors
Makkawi, Zaynab Ulwan
al-Zubaydi, Muhammad Thabit Salih
Source
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Issue
Vol. 41, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.7-14, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Veterinary Medicine
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The current study was designed to determine the infection rate of intestinal protozoa in sheep and their handlers, and in their drinking water, in Wasit province, so as to study the relationship between contamination of drinking water with protozoal pathogen and infection in sheep and handlers in the period from the beginning of September 2015 to the end of February 2016.
Two hundred eighty fecal samples were collected : (180) samples from sheep and 100 samples from human (50 handlers and 50 from non handlers), 50 drinking water samples were collected (18 samples; human tap water and RO bottled water and 32 samples river water).
All samples were examined by conventional methods (direct moist smears, flotation with saturated sugar solution and stained with Modified acid fast, Giemsa and lugol's iodine ) The total infection rate in sheep, handlers and drinking water samples were 83.33 %, 72 %, 84.37 % and 33.33 % respectively.
The result showed that drinking water samples of sheep and handlers were contaminated with protozoal oocysts or cysts of Cryptosporidium spp.
(65.62 %) (27.77 %), Giardia lamblia (6.25 %) (0), Entamoeba spp (68.75 %) (0), Eimeria spp (25 %) (5.55 %) and Buxtonella sulcata (40.62 %)(0).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Makkawi, Zaynab Ulwan& al-Zubaydi, Muhammad Thabit Salih. 2017. Parasitic contamination of drinking water and its prevalence among handlers and sheep. Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine،Vol. 41, no. 2, pp.7-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834077
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Makkawi, Zaynab Ulwan& al-Zubaydi, Muhammad Thabit Salih. Parasitic contamination of drinking water and its prevalence among handlers and sheep. Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine Vol. 41, no. 2 (2017), pp.7-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834077
American Medical Association (AMA)
Makkawi, Zaynab Ulwan& al-Zubaydi, Muhammad Thabit Salih. Parasitic contamination of drinking water and its prevalence among handlers and sheep. Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine. 2017. Vol. 41, no. 2, pp.7-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834077
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 12-14
Record ID
BIM-834077