A Study on the Prevalence of the Gastro-Intestinal- Helminths and Some Endoparasits in Sheep


Abstract in English

In this work, ١٥ digestive systems of Syrian Awass sheep, slaughtered in Hama abattoir were examined, in addition faeces smaers, livers, lungs and mesenteries were examined . Very high infestation percent of Gastro-intestinal helminths was evident. Generally the intensity of infestation was of medium range, but it was very high in the abomasum, then the small intestine and the large intestine in decreasing order. ٢٣ species of Nematodes were identified, in addition to ٤ species of Cestodes, Dicrocoelium dentriticum, ٢ larval-stage (Cysticercus tenuicollis and Echinococcus cysticus-Hydatid cyst-), ٥ species of the first larvae of the lung worms and ٩ species of Eimeria. The most intense and wide spread was Marshallagia marshalli and Ostertagia (Teladorsagia) circumcincta in the Abomasum, Trichostrongylus vitrinus, Trichostrongylus capricola and Nematodirius filicollis in addition to Moniezia expansa in the small intestine and Trichuris- sp. - specially Trich. ovis and Trich. gazellae in the large intestine. Gongylonema Pulchrum was found in Oesophagus. The results of this study identified ٣ species of Nematoda for the first time in the digestive system of sheep in the middle region of Syria. They are: strongiloides papillosus, Chabertia ovina and Oesophagostomum venulosum.

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