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https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.53.5.6

First report of Eimeria sp. from Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Iran

Shahrokh Shirazi orcid.org/0000-0001-6819-5391 ; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Arash Motaghedi ; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Moslem Safari ; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz, Ahwaz- Iran

Abstract

In Iran, wild boar is distributed throughout the country, except the Central Desert. One of the important habitats of this animal is the northern mountainous area. They may pass infected faeces in these areas, which can lead to zoonotic disease, though information about parasitic infections in wild boar is rare in Iran and further study is necessary. In February 2019, a wild boar carcass was submitted to the Veterinary Parasitology Department of the Science and Research University of Tehran by the Department of Environment of Mazandaran province in order to study its parasitic infections. Faeces and the gastrointestinal tract were separated and their contents were tested using two flotation methods (Willis and Clayton-Lane), and the samples were referred to the Parasitology Laboratory of Urmia University for further study. The sample was infected with Eimeria protozoa; Eimeria porci and Eimeria neodebliecki were diagnosed based on the size and morphology factors of the isolated oocysts. This is the first report of wild boar infection by Eimeria sp. protozoa in Iran.

Keywords

Eimeria; Infection; Iran; Oocyst; Sus scrofa

Hrčak ID:

264511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/264511

Publication date:

20.12.2021.

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