Open AccessBabesiosis of small ruminants in Sulaimani city Kurdistan – Iraq
Author(s) -
Shadan Hassan Abdullah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
maǧallaẗ al-qādisiyyaẗ li-ʻulūm al-ṭibb al-bayṭarī
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-4429
pISSN - 1818-5746
DOI - 10.29079/vol13iss2art300
Subject(s) - babesiosis , ovis , veterinary medicine , tick , biology , babesia , hyalomma , giemsa stain , blood smear , medicine , ixodidae , immunology , malaria , genetics
Babesiosis was studied in sheep and goats in Sulaimani city, Kurdistan -Iraq from June to September 2012. A total of 160 blood samples (135 of sheep and 25 of goats) were collected from different farms. Giemsa stained blood smears were applied to study babesiosis, also ticks were collected from external animals body surfaces. Results of this study showed that Babesia species was recorded among the small ruminants as 92/160 (57.5 %), 76/135 (56.3%) of these from sheep and 16/25 (64%) of goats. Statistically, there are no significant differences between sheep and goats infection by Babesia species at (P< 0.05). According to the morphological characters four Babesia species were recorded in the study which was B. ovis, B. motasi, B. foliata, and B. taylori. One species of tick Hyalomma anatolicum was seen