EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Research Group, Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
CIBAV Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Antioquia, UdeA, Medellín, Colombia.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2023 Sep;44:100914. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100914. Epub 2023 Jul 22.
The department of La Guajira is considered the region with the largest goat population in Colombia. The disease caused by protozoa of the genus Eimeria can result in significant economic losses in goat production, threatening the region's food security. The objective of this study was to identify the occurrence of coccidiosis produced by Eimeria spp. in pools of fecal samples of young and adult goats belonging to 12 indigenous communities in the municipality of Maicao, La Guajira. The results showed the presence of eight different species of Eimeria spp. (E. alijevi, E. ninakohlyakimovae, E. hirci, E. arloingi, E. jolchijevi, E. caprovina, E. aspheronica and E. christenseni) differentiated by their morphological characteristics, in addition to the estimation of the parasite load in each fecal pool. In conclusion, this study is the first to report the occurrence of different species of Eimeria spp. in goats located in the department of La Guajira, Colombia.
拉瓜希拉省被认为是哥伦比亚拥有最大山羊种群的地区。由艾美耳属原生动物引起的疾病会导致山羊生产的重大经济损失，威胁到该地区的粮食安全。本研究的目的是确定在马卡约市 12 个土著社区的年轻和成年山羊的粪便样本中，是否存在艾美耳属球虫引起的球虫病。结果显示，存在八种不同的艾美耳属球虫（E. alijevi、E. ninakohlyakimovae、E. hirci、E. arloingi、E. jolchijevi、E. caprovina、E. aspheronica 和 E. christenseni），通过其形态特征进行区分，此外还估计了每个粪便样本中的寄生虫负荷。总之，这项研究首次报告了在哥伦比亚拉瓜希拉省的山羊中存在不同种类的艾美耳属球虫。
