Prevalence and pathological findings of some parasitic infections of sheep | ||
| Menoufia Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 October 2025 PDF (918.08 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmmj.2025.359320.1028 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mostafa A. Galal* 1; Ramy M. Fathy2; sayed Abdulrahman2; Mostafa A. Mohamed3; Ahmed R. Elbestawy4; Eman Bazh5 | ||
| 1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-kom,Egypt | ||
| 2Al-Basateen Automated Slaughterhouses, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 3Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-kom, Egypt | ||
| 4Department of Poultry and Rabbit Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-kom, Egypt | ||
| 5Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menoufia University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sheep is reared for their productivity of meat, milk and wool. Parasitic infections are big hazards which threat their productivity. In this study, we examined 16605 sheep with infection rates of Cysticercus tenuicollis (C. tenuicollis), Cysticercus ovis (C. ovis) and Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica) as 4.4%, 1.95% and 0.04%, respectively. The results showed that females and adult sheep are highly infected than males and young sheep. Fasciola sp was founded in liver, C. tenuicollis was found in liver and omentum, while C. ovis infested both heart and muscles (lead to total condemnation in heavily infested sheep) which caused high losses. The pathological examination of liver infested with Fasciola hepatica revealed pseudo-lobulation and bile duct hyperplasia while C. ovis in muscles showed calcification and granulomatous inflammation and cardiac muscles showed some different shapes of microcysts of Sarcocystis spp. The aim of this study was to determine effect of different factors (age, sex and seasons) on prevalence C. tenuicollis, C. ovis and Fasciola hepatica and pathological characters of them on different organs of sheep. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fasciola hepatica; Cysticercus tenuicollis; Cysticercus ovis; Sheep | ||
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