Investigation of Microfilaria in Buffalo Blood and Fly Types in Their Barns | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||||
| Article 13, Volume 52, Issue 1, April 2021, Page 113-119 PDF (1.88 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2020.19459.1121 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
ahlam fathi altaee 
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| Department of Microbiology, College of veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| For the identification of microfilariae in buffaloes, seventy one blood samples were collected from a total of 10 local flocks located at different parts of Nineveh governorate /Iraq. Blood samples were tested with Modified Knott’s technique. Results showed (100%) infectivity for all examined samples and belongs to genus Seteria. Detected microfilaria was sheathed with rounded front end and pointed posterior one with the lengths ranging from 200-625 µm. The number/intensity of Microfilaria infection of all examined Nineveh districts were as follows, Al-Quba (93/28.7%) with a mean length of 375 μ , Al-Shalalate (60/18.5%) with a mean length of 417 μ, Al-Rahmania (57/17.6 %) with a mean length of 383 μ, Badush flocks (A, B and C) and were (24 /7.4%), (8 /2.5%), and (46 /14.2 %) with mean lengths of 435, 375 and 427 μ respectively , Bab Shams (14/ 4.3%) with a mean length of 443 μ, Al-Slamia (10 /3.1%) with a mean length of 370 μ, and with the same number and intensity both Hawy Al-Kanisa and Mafraq Telkief (6 /1.9%) with a mean length of 388 and 442 μ respectively. For identification the possible carriers of microfilaria , different flies in the same buffaloes barns were collected, and four species of flies were reviled: Musca domestica, Luciliasericata, Tabanusspp and Simulium spp < /em>. The importance of Microfilariae and the role of black flies as a vector were discussed. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Setaria; Microfilariae; Buffaloes; Simulium spp | ||||
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