EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS AND DISEASE-ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN SHEEP IN A STEPPE REGION OF ALGERIA (AIN OUSSERA)
Abstract
This work has focused on the search for Cryptosporidium sp. carried out on a sample of 1 605 animals (1 235 lambs, 300 ewes, and 70 rams) from sixty-two flocks distributed in the commune of Ain Oussera one of the steppe regions of Algeria between 2014-2016., fifty-two flocks were positive for Cryptosporidium sp screening, with a flock prevalence 84% (CI95 % 72,8 % - 91 %).The total individual prevalence was 14.6%, the prevalence of lamb infestation was 15,4 %, for ewes and rams were 13,7 %, 4,3 % respectively (p < 0,05).
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