Detection of Trypanosoma Infection in Dromedary Camels by Using Different Diagnostic Techniques in Northern Oman

Animals

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Kaadhia Al-Kharousi¹  Osman Mahgoub¹  Elshafie Ibrahim Elshafie¹  Aliya Al-Ansari²  Senan Baqir²  Derek Roberts²  Asim Faraz³  Amal Al-Kharusi⁴  Halima Al-Duhli⁴  Mohammed Al-Sinani⁴  Raqiya Al-Hatali⁴  Pamela Burger⁵ 

[1] Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 100, Oman;

[2] Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 100, Oman;

[3] Department of Livestock and Poultry Production, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan;

[4] Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources, Muscat 100, Oman;

[5] Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1160 Vienna, Austria;

关键词: camel;    blood;    trypanosomes;    prevalence;    sequences;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ani12111348

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Camel trypanosomoses is considered a devastating disease with severe health consequences that can be caused by different hemoprotozoan parasites. Camel samples (388) from the five regions in Northern Oman were assessed using a thin blood film. In addition, 95 seropositive samples were analyzed using various primers of mechanically transmitted trypanosomes. Out of the 388 blood smears examined, 0.8% (CI 95%, 2/388) were found to be positive for Trypanosoma sp. using a microscope. The parasitologically positive cases were detected in samples from females. The overall molecular prevalences were as follows: TBR was 78/95, 77% (CI 73.1–89.2%); ITS was 30/95, 31.6% (CI 73.1–89.2%); and T. evansi type A (RoTat 1.2) was 8/95, 8.4% (CI 4.0–16.0%). There were two species of trypanosomes that were observed in the camels.

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