CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP. IN SMALL RUMINANT AT THE CENTRAL STEPPE IN ALGERIA: OCCURRENCE AND SANITARY EFFECT

Benhassine Soumaya Ziane Achour University Djelfa, Algeria, Laboratoire d’Exploration et de Valorisation des Ecosytèmes steppiques.
Baroudi Djamel
Chettitha Mohamed
Hakem Ahcène

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/agrisp.v107i3-4.13064

Keywords: Cryptosporidiosis, Sheep, Goats, Steppe, Occurrence, Diarrhea, Algeria

Abstract

Cryptosporidium spp. are diarrhoeic parasites of man and wide ranges of animals with major health implications. To explore their presence in small ruminant from the steppe in Algeria a sampling of 1402 stools was carried out on 875 sheep and 527 goats with different ages, sex and clinic status at many sites from Laghouat, Djelfa and El-Bayadh. Fecal specimens were concentrated and stained by the modified Ziehl-Neelsen acid fast technique. Cryptosporidium spp. were identified in 3.77% of sheep and 22.09% of its herds and in 5.12% of goats and 28.36% of hits herds, without age relation neither diarrhea depending, only few cases have been isolated from young diarrhoeic animals. But regarding the type of rearing, it shows strongly correlated to the infection in small ruminant. This study reveals for the first time the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in goats and confirms its presence in sheep from steppe in Algeria.

Author Biography

Benhassine Soumaya, Ziane Achour University Djelfa, Algeria, Laboratoire d’Exploration et de Valorisation des Ecosytèmes steppiques.

Soumaya Benhassine is a PhD studient at the University of Djelfa from Algeria . She received a DES degree in Microbiology from Blida University in Algeria and a master’s degree in Parasitology from Laghouat University, Algeria. Her current research is in parasitology with Laboratoire d’Exploration et de Valorisation des Ecosytèmes steppiques in Djalfa University. She is interested in zoonozes, microscopy, and protozoan parasites.

Published

2018-12-13

Issue

Vol. 107 No. 3-4 (2018): AGRICULTURA

Section

Research articles

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