Study prevalence and effect of internal parasites and histopathological changes on common frogs at Baghdad City
Other Title(s)
دراسة انتشار و تأثير الطفيليات الداخلية و التغيرات النسجية في الضفادع في مدينة بغداد
Joint Authors
Salman, Isra Sakr
Abd, Shayma Awwad
al-Khamisi, Maisam Balasim
Ibrahim, Sarah Mahmud
Source
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Issue
Vol. 49, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2018), pp.445-451, 7 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Agriculture
Publication Date
2018-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
A total of seventy adult common frogs [sixty infected (85.71%) and ten healthy (14.29%) specimens], were collected from different areas of Baghdad city in more than one locations such as (agriculture lands, river banks, home gardens, ponds, streams and shoel water) from the beginning of September 2016 to the end of March 2017 and examined for parasites, in the aim to study and isolate any parasitic infection from intestine, blood and effect of these parasites on blood, intestine and liver in common frogs.
Thus resulting in Opalina sp.
17(28.33%), Nematodes (Strongloides stercoralis) 14(23.33%), Balantidium sp.
14(23.33%), (Opalina Sp.
& Nematodes) 7(11.66%) and Hepatozoon Spp.
8(13.33%).
All these parasites which mentioned above not appeared any pathological effect on intestine of infected frogs according to histopathological sections.
On the other hand, the current study showed the effect of blood parasites (Hepatozoon spp.) in the blood and liver of infected frogs like disappeared of nucleus in red blood cells , in addition to inflammation and infiltration which appeared in histopathological sections of hepatic cells compared with healthy specimens.
Finally, we conclude from this study , the parasites which isolates from intestine of infected frogs has a commensalism relationship with its hosts due to not appeared any pathological effect on it, while the blood parasites showed pathological effect on blood and liver of infected frogs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Khamisi, Maisam Balasim& Salman, Isra Sakr& Abd, Shayma Awwad& Ibrahim, Sarah Mahmud. 2018. Study prevalence and effect of internal parasites and histopathological changes on common frogs at Baghdad City. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science،Vol. 49, no. 3, pp.445-451.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-911001
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Khamisi, Maisam Balasim…[et al.]. Study prevalence and effect of internal parasites and histopathological changes on common frogs at Baghdad City. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science Vol. 49, no. 3 (2018), pp.445-451.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-911001
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Khamisi, Maisam Balasim& Salman, Isra Sakr& Abd, Shayma Awwad& Ibrahim, Sarah Mahmud. Study prevalence and effect of internal parasites and histopathological changes on common frogs at Baghdad City. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science. 2018. Vol. 49, no. 3, pp.445-451.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-911001
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 450-451
Record ID
BIM-911001