Abstract
Blood Parasites of Camels from Central Regions of Iran: Comparative Evaluation of Various Detection Techniques and Serum Protein Components
Highlights
Camel is an important multipurpose animal and since the old times, it has been used for transportation and produce milk, wool and meat in arid and semi-arid areas of the world
Several studies have been documented on the occurrence of blood parasites in camel from different regions of Iran, viz., Sistan and Balochestan, Fars, Hormozgan (Rahbari and Bazargani, 1995), Semnan (Hamedani et al, 2012), Zabol (Ranjbar-Bahadori and Afshari-Moghadam, 2009) and Kerman (Radfar et al, 2006)
Blood samples collected from 227 camels (Camelus dromedaries) from different regions of central areas of Iran revealed two genera of parasites including Trypanosoma evansi and Dipetalonema evansi (Table 1)
Summary
Camel is an important multipurpose animal and since the old times, it has been used for transportation and produce milk, wool and meat in arid and semi-arid areas of the world. Nowadays, according to industry development and technology in all fields, this animal has lost its former importance and the main target of camels breeding is for production of meat. They are exposed with various endo and ecto parasites which cause substantial economic losses and some of them have zoonotic importance such as Sarcoptes scabiei (Beesley, 1998) and Linguatula serrata (Lloyd, 1998). Several studies have been documented on the occurrence of blood parasites in camel from different regions of Iran, viz., Sistan and Balochestan, Fars, Hormozgan (Rahbari and Bazargani, 1995), Semnan (Hamedani et al, 2012), Zabol (Ranjbar-Bahadori and Afshari-Moghadam, 2009) and Kerman (Radfar et al, 2006). According to Iran Ministry of Agriculture statistics there are about 149600 camels in the country and due to the entry of imported camels and their role in the transmission of pathogens, importance of research in the field of factors affecting the production such as blood parasites in camel breeding areas will be felt.
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