Prevalence of Haemosporidian parasites of Chukar Partridge Birds in Sulaimani Province/Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Ali, Kwestan Najm; Abdulrahman, Nawzad Rasheed; Ali, Shahnaz Abdulkader

	Prevalence of Haemosporidian parasites of Chukar Partridge Birds in Sulaimani Province/Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2019, Pages 81-88 PDF (1.47 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
Authors
Kwestan Najm Ali^* ¹; Nawzad Rasheed Abdulrahman²; Shahnaz Abdulkader Ali³
¹Department of Clinic and Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani,Iraq
²Department of Anatomy and Histopathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani Iraq
³Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Iraq
Abstract
This study was carried out in Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan region, Iraq during the period from April 2016 to the end of September 2016. A total of 100 chukar partridge of different ages were randomly captured alive and their blood smear were examined microscopically using Giemsa stain. The results of the study indicated that 60 (60%) were infected with blood parasite. The prevalence of infection by Plasmodium spp. was highest 46 (46%), while infections with Haemoproteus spp. Were 12(12%). Also, a mixed infection was found with Plasmodium spp. and Haemoproteus spp. in two samples only. It was concluded that the partridges are susceptible to Haemosporidian and Plasmodium parasites. The current study was reported for the first time the existence of Plasmodium spp .and Haemoproteus spp. in Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Keywords
Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; Chukar birds; Sulaimani

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