Soltane R, Guyot K, Dei-Cas E, Ayadi A
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie.
Parasite. 2007 Dec;14(4):335-8. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2007144335.
1,001 faecal samples were obtained from 89 sheep (lambs and adult), 184 goats, 190 horses, 178 rabbits, 110 camels, 200 broiler chicken and 50 turkeys housed in farms from different localities in Tunisia. All samples were analysed for Cryptosporidium oocysts by microscopic examination of smears stained by modified Ziehl Neelsen technique. The parasite was detected in ten lambs and adult sheep (11.2 %) and nine broiler chicken (4.5 %). Molecular characterization, performed in four animals, identified C. bovis in three lambs and C. meleagridis in one broiler chicken. This work is the first report on Cryptosporidium in farm animals in Tunisia.
从突尼斯不同地区农场饲养的89只绵羊(羔羊和成年羊)、184只山羊、190匹马、178只兔子、110峰骆驼、200只肉鸡和50只火鸡中采集了1001份粪便样本。所有样本均采用改良齐-尼氏染色技术涂片镜检,以检测隐孢子虫卵囊。在10只羔羊和成年羊(11.2%)以及9只肉鸡(4.5%)中检测到该寄生虫。对4只动物进行了分子特征分析,在3只羔羊中鉴定出牛隐孢子虫,在1只肉鸡中鉴定出火鸡隐孢子虫。这项工作是突尼斯农场动物隐孢子虫的首次报道。