نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 بخش انگل شناسی، گروه پاتوبیولوژی دانشکده دامپزشکی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران
2 بخش انگلشناسی، گروه پاتوبیولوژی دانشکده دامپزشکی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران
3 دانشکده دامپزشکی دانگاه شهید چمران اهواز انگل شناسی
4 دانشکده دامپزشکی دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز گروه علوم پایه بیوشیمی
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نویسندگان [English]
This study was performed to determine the prevalence of infection in sheep and goats by observing parasite nymph in mesenteric lymph nodes and indirect haemagglutination test. Furthermore, changes in serum protein and osmotic fragility of erythrocytes in infected and non-infected groups were evaluated. 791 samples of blood and mesenteric lymph nodes from sheep (456) and goats (335) were collected from the slaughterhouse of Ahvaz city (Khuzestan province).The results showed that 7.8% of all ruminants in the present study were infected with L. serrata. The infection rate was estimated to be 5.7% in sheep and 10.7% in goats. Total protein and albumin concentration, as well as albumin to globulin ratio, decreased significantly and globulin levels increased significantly in the infected group compared to the non-infected group in both animals (p˂0.05). The amount of osmotic fragility of erythrocytes increased in the groups infected with L. serrata (p˂0.05). Overall, the present study showed that sheep and goats are infected with L. serrata in Iran. This parasite also causes changes in the serum proteins of small ruminants.
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