Abstract
This study was carried out in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq to estimate the concentration of some biochemical parameters and trace elements in the serum of sheep infected with the metacestodes of Taenia hydatigena. The present study included the measurement of some biochemical parameters as total protein, albumin and globulin and evaluation of trace elements as zinc, copper and iron using automatic analyzer and spectrophotometer respectively. For this purpose, up to 40 serum samples from sheep infected with T. hydatigena cysts and 10 serum samples from non-infected group had been used. The findings of the current study showed significant elevated levels in both total protein and globulin compared to non-infected group, where the total protein and globulin levels were 8.04 ± 0.275 g/dl and 5.90 ± 0.321 g/dl respectively, compared to the non-infected group 6.686 ± 0.409 g/dl and 4.124 ± 0.479 g/dl respectively. While, the mean serum albumin in infected sheep was significantly decreased 2.14 ± 0.224 g/dl compared to non-infected one 2.562 ± 0.152 g/dl. About the results of trace elements, the serum Cu was significantly increased in infected group 1.42 ± 0.466 mg/L compared to non-infected one 0.90 ± 0.171 mg/L, while the mean serum Zn concentration was significantly decreased in infected group 0.37 ± 0.230 mg/L compared to non-infected group 0.70 ± 0.108 mg/L. Although, the mean serum Fe of infected sheep 1.42 ± 0.388 mg/L was slightly lower than non-infected one 1.26 ± 0.490 mg/L, statistically there was no significant difference between them. It was concluded that T. hydatigena cysts had significant effects on serum total protein, globulin, Zn and Cu.
Highlights
Taenia hydatigena is a universal and boundless parasite of canids that can taint an extensive variety of warmblooded animals with its larval stage which is generally alluded to as C. tenuicollis [1]
All changes in biochemical and trace element parameters recorded in this study represent the effect of C. tenuicollis only and not from other parasitic infection
The findings of the current study unveiled that biochemical parameters were increased significantly in infected sheep compared with control group
Summary
Taenia hydatigena is a universal and boundless parasite of canids that can taint an extensive variety of warmblooded animals with its larval stage which is generally alluded to as C. tenuicollis [1]. The migrating larvae can be discovered for the most part in the liver parenchyma inside 7-10 days and may cause hepatitis cysticercosa in youthful animals [2]. There are several of studies demonstrating the relationship of trace elements with parasitic diseases [6,7]. There are two sorts of trace element abnormalities and it’s generally known to be linked to dietary deficiency [10] or the imbalance due to different diseases [11]. To the best of our knowledge, no previous study was conducted on T. hydatigena cysts in our region especially Sulaymaniya province, so it is decided to carry on the study to evaluate some biochemical and trace elements parameters in sheep infected with T. hydatigena cysts
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