PRELIMINARY STUDY ON CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN LIVESTOCK FROM KUWAIT | ||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
Article 11, Volume 44, Issue 2, August 2014, Pages 389-392 PDF (193.99 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90393 | ||
Authors | ||
QAIS A. H. MAJEED1; MAHA S. H. ALAZEMI2 | ||
1College of Basic Education, The Public authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait. | ||
2Department of Criminal Evidences, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. | ||
Abstract | ||
Out of 225 fecal samples (40 of calves, 128 of lambs and 57 of goat kids) received in the Veterinary Laboratories, Kuwait, 43 (19.1%) were found to be positive for Cryptosporidium using the conventional method, modified acid-fast stain, and the immunologic technique, the immuno-chromatography assay. Calf fecal samples showed the highest infection rate (37.5%), followed by goat kids (21%) and then Lambs (12.5%). Results obtained by conventional method were found to be consistent with those detected using the immunologic technique. | ||
Keywords | ||
Cryptosporidiosis; Livestock; Diagnosis microscopic; immunology | ||
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