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Prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites in Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa marica) in Al-Theabeyafarm in Iraq | ||
| Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-79 PDF (186.04 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. A. Saud; K. I. Oleiwi; A. A. Omar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted to investigate types of gastro intestinal parasites in adult Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) that prohibited in Al-Theabeyafarm in desert of Al-anbar governorate-west of Iraq. 50 adult animals were included in this study to take fecal samples during winter season. The morbidity rate reached to 52%. Nematodes was the predominant that reported in 36% of infected animals while protozoa 12% and cestodes 4% of total infected animals. Eggs of different types of parasites were identified like the following: Nematodirus spp. in 8 gazelles, Eimeria spp. in 6 gazelles, Chabertia spp. in 3 gazelles, Trichostrongylus spp. in 3 gazelles, Taeniidae spp. in 2 gazelles, Haemonchus spp. in 2 gazelles and Stronglyloides spp. in 2 gazelles. The morbidity of Gastrointestinal in gazellussubgutturosa in this farm it looks high because the owner depending irregular feeding of animals on indigenous plants like citrulluscolocynthis. It conclude that gastro intestinal parasites is prevalent in Iraqi Gazelles in winter season. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Gastro; Intestinal; parasites; Gazelles | ||
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