Jalila A, Dorny P, Sani R, Salim N B, Vercruysse J
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
Vet Parasitol. 1998 Jan 31;74(2-4):165-72. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(97)00133-7.
Coccidial infections were studied in goats in the state of Selangor (peninsular Malaysia) during a 12-month period. The study included 10 smallholder farms on which kids were monitored for faecal oocyst counts from birth until 1-year old. Eimeria oocysts were found in 725 (89%) of 815 faecal samples examined. Nine species of Eimeria were identified. The most prevalent were E. arloingi, found in 71% of the samples, E. ninakohlyakimovae (67%), E. christenseni (63%) and E. alijevi (61%). The other species found were, E. hirci, E. jolchijevi, E. caprovina, E. caprina and E. pallida, present in 34, 22, 12, 9 and 4% of the samples, respectively. Oocyst counts were significantly higher in animals of less than 4-months old (P < 0.05). High oocyst counts were mainly caused by non-pathogenic species. Poor hygienic conditions were found to be associated with a higher intensity of coccidial infections. Mortality rates in kids could not be related to the intensity of coccidial infections.
在12个月的时间里，对马来西亚半岛雪兰莪州的山羊球虫感染情况进行了研究。该研究涵盖了10个小农场，对这些农场里的羔羊从出生到1岁期间的粪便卵囊计数进行了监测。在815份检测的粪便样本中，有725份（89%）发现了艾美耳球虫卵囊。鉴定出了9种艾美耳球虫。最常见的是阿氏艾美耳球虫，在71%的样本中被发现，其次是纳氏艾美耳球虫（67%）、克氏艾美耳球虫（63%）和阿里耶夫艾美耳球虫（61%）。发现的其他种类有，山羊艾美耳球虫、约氏艾美耳球虫、绵羊艾美耳球虫、山羊艾美耳球虫和苍白艾美耳球虫，分别出现在34%、22%、12%、9%和4%的样本中。4个月龄以下动物的卵囊计数显著更高（P<0.05）。高卵囊计数主要由非致病性种类引起。发现卫生条件差与球虫感染强度较高有关。羔羊的死亡率与球虫感染强度无关。
