Abstract
This study was performed to microscopically detect the prevalence of amoebiasis in cattle and sheep fecal samples. One hundred fecal samples were collected from cattle and sheep from 3 completely different area in Baghdad city (Al-Tarmiyah, Al-Fudhaliyah, AbuGhraib). Our data recorded a total amoebiasis infection rate of 54% in cattle and 50% in sheep, without any significant differences between them. Males showed higher infection rates than females in cattle and sheep (62.5%) and (57.14) respectively. The difference between age groups with significant difference (P<0.01) were obtained in ages <1 year (72.7%) and (68.75%) in cattle and sheep respectively. This study has demonstrated the widespread of Entamoeba parasite in cattle and sheep in Baghdad city.
Highlights
Amoebiasis is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite is called Entamoeba, that can infect human, primates and wide range of animals [1,2,3]
There are up to 24 species of Entamoeba, including Entamoeba histolytica, E. coli, E. dispar, E. moshkovskii, E. hartmanni, and E. polecki, that are found in the human intestinal lumen [4, 5]
Sheep, and possibly pigs are naturally infected with E. histolytica, these animals do not have the disease [10]
Summary
Amoebiasis is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite is called Entamoeba, that can infect human, primates and wide range of animals [1,2,3]. E. histolytica infection is the world's third-leading parasitic cause of death It affects approximately 180 million people, of whom 40,000 to. The vast majority of cases are caused by human carriers, known as cyst passers, who pass cysts in partially formed or fully formed stools [9]. Sheep, and possibly pigs are naturally infected with E. histolytica, these animals do not have the disease [10]
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