THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Younes, M., Gad, M., Abdel-Aziz, A., Ismaeil, A., Al-Herrawy, A. (2018). THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY. EKB Journal Management System, 29(Issue 2-C), 1-19. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33814
Mahmoud Younes; Mahmoud Gad; Ahmed Abdel-Aziz; Ahmed Ismaeil; Ahmad Al-Herrawy. "THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY". EKB Journal Management System, 29, Issue 2-C, 2018, 1-19. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33814
Younes, M., Gad, M., Abdel-Aziz, A., Ismaeil, A., Al-Herrawy, A. (2018). 'THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY', EKB Journal Management System, 29(Issue 2-C), pp. 1-19. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33814
Younes, M., Gad, M., Abdel-Aziz, A., Ismaeil, A., Al-Herrawy, A. THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 29(Issue 2-C): 1-19. doi: 10.21608/absb.2018.33814

THE FIRST REPORT OFINTESTINAL MICROSPORIDIA FROM WILD MAMMALS IN EGYPT 1- LIGHT MICROSCOPY

Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science
Article 8, Volume 29, Issue 2-C, December 2018, Page 1-19  XML PDF (602.99 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/absb.2018.33814
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Authors
Mahmoud Younes* 1; Mahmoud Gad2; Ahmed Abdel-Aziz1; Ahmed Ismaeil1; Ahmad Al-Herrawy2
1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, 11884
2Environmental Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Water Pollution Research, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt,12622
Abstract
The first report about intestinal microsporidia from wild mammals in Egypt is herein present. A total of 134 fecal samples were separately collected from seven different mammalian species located in fifteen different localities,represented Western Desert, Nile Valley and Delta and Eastern Desert of Egypt. Microsporidian spores were obtained from the collected samples usingflotation technique and finally stained with modified trichrome (MT). Intestinal microsporidia were detected in 72.39% (97/134) of wild mammals. Moreover, rate of infection with intestinal microsporidia was 72.84% (59/81) in males and 73.08% (38/52) in females.The infection rates of intestinal microsporidia were 91.1%, 73.9%, 73.6%, 70%, 55.6% and 48.1% in red foxVulpes vulpes, the lesser Egyptian gerbilGerbillus gerbillus,the house mouseMus musculus, Sundevall's jirdMeriones crassus, Mackilligin's gerbilDipodillus mackilliginiand the Cairo spiny mouseAcomys cahirinus, respectively. The results also showed that the highest percentage of microsporidia was recorded in two mammalian species closely related to human habitats: red fox V. vulpes and G. gerbillus. In conclusion, the wild mammalian species which live in association with humans and fed on their contaminated diets were more susceptible to be infected with several microsporidian species than the other species that live in natural habitats away from humans.
Keywords
microsporidia; Wildmammals; Vulpes vulpes
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