On the presence of Sarcocystis miescheri sp. nov. in camels of Qena Governorate

Mandour, Ahmed M.; Rabie, Soheir A.; Mohammed, Nadia I.; Hussein, Nermean M.

doi:10.21608/eajbse.2011.16451

On the presence of Sarcocystis miescheri sp. nov. in camels of Qena Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Parasitology department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Egypt.

² -Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University. Qena, Egypt - Faculty of Applied Science (girls), Umm AL-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

³ Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University. Qena, Egypt

10.21608/eajbse.2011.16451

Abstract

It is the 1^sttime to study sarcocysts of camels in Qena Governorate, 156 specimens of camels (Camelus dromedarius) were collected from different slaughtered- houses in Qena Governorate, the rate of infection with Sarcocystis was (42.3 %). Out of 126 males, 54 (42.85 %) were infected while the infected number of females were 12 (40 %) from 30 specimens. Morphological and ultrastructures of muscle stage (sarcocyst) have been reported and illustrated in this study by both light and electron microscope, TEM showed that there are two types of Sarcocystis in camels in Qena Governorate. Dogs that infected with camel’s oesophagus muscles contain mature Sarcocystis excreated two different types of oocysts in their feaces after 13 – 15 days of infection. Detailed description of oocysts has been reported.

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