Survey on gastero-intestinal parasitic helminthes in rodents of Saqqez county, Kurdistan province

Document Type : Biology(Animal)

Authors

1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, PO Box: 165

2 Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, PO Box: 165

Abstract

The rodents are an important reservoir for some zoonosis; that play the bold role in the transmission and distribution of disease. According to rodents’ role in transmission of zoonosis, this investigation is designed for study on rodents’gastero-intestinal (GI) metazoan parasites in Saqqez county, Kurdistan province. In a cross-sectional study 138 animals (10 Ellobiuslutescens, 30 Microtussocialis, 49 Musmusculus, 10 Rattusrattus, 7 Merioneslibycus and 32 Rattusnorvegicus) were taken using traps in Saghez. All of samples were evaluated for GI helminthes parasitic infection. 58% of animal were infection any one genus of parasite. The infection rate were reported 90% in Microtussocialis, 85.7% in Merioneslibycus, 70% in Ellobiuslutescens and Rattusrattus, 46.9% in Rattusnorvegicus and 36.7% in Musmusculus. The infection rate in female animals (75%) was significantly higher than males (50%) (p=0.005). The isolated genus were 37.7% Syphaciaobvelata, 30% Aspiculuristetraptera, 20.3%  Nippostrongylusbrasiliensis, 10.1% Syphaciamuris, 9.4% Syphaciamesocriceti, 5.8% Rodentolepis nana, 5.1%, 4.3% Hymenolepisdiminuta, 3.6%  Cataenotaeniapusilla and 2.2% larval stage of Taenia taeniaformis. Results show that rodents are the important reservoirs of parasites in the region. Therefore, reliable methods to control of rodents are important. This investigation is the first report of rodents’ parasitic infection in studied region.

Keywords

References

  1. Azizi, K.; Davari, B.; Kalantari, M. and Fekri, S., 2011. Gerbillid Rodents Fauna (Muridae: Gerbillinae) and detection of reservoir hosts of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis using a Nested-PCR technique in Jask City in Hormozgan Province in 2008; Sci. J. Kurdistan. Univ. Med. Sci. Vol. 16, No. 2, pp: 66-76.
  2. Dehghani, R.; Seyedi, H.R.; Dehqan, S. and Sharifi,
    H., 2013.     Geographical distribution of mouse and mouse borne diseases in Iran. Feyz. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp: 203-219.
  3. Dorodgar, A. and Dehghani, R., 2000. A study o wild rodent's fauna and their biological activities in the desert region of Kashan. Feyz. Vol. 4, No. 15, pp: 56-64.
  4. Kia, E.B.; Homayouni, M.M.; Farahnak, A.; Mohebali, M. and Shojai, S., 2001. Study of endoparasites of rodents and their zoonotic importance in Ahvaz, South West Iran. Iranian J. Publ. Health. Vol. 30, No. 1-2, pp: 49-52.
  5. Kia, E.B.; Shahryary-Rad, E. and Mohebali, M., 2010. Endoparasites of rodents and their zoonotic importance in Germi, Dashte-Mogan, Ardabil Province, Iran. Iranian. J. Parasitol. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp: 15-20.
  6. Khaghani, R.; Mohebali, M. and Farivar, L., 2007. The economic and health impact of rodent in urban zone and harbours and their control method. J. Artesh.Univ. Med. Sci. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp: 1071-1078.
  7. Nateghpour, M.; Mohebali, M. and Farivar, L., 2015. Endoparasites of Wild Rodents in Southeastern Iran. J. Arthropod-Borne. Dis. Vol. 9, Vo.1, pp: 1-6.
  8. Pakdel, N.; Naem, S.; Rezaei, F. and Chalehchaleh,
    A.A., 2013.     A survey on helminthic infection in mice (Mus musculus) and rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in Kermanshah, Iran. Vet. Res. Vol. 4, No. 2, pp: 105-109.
  9. Yousefi, A.; Eslami, A.; Mobedi, I.; Rahbari, S. and Ronaghi, H., 2014. Helminth infections of House Mouse (Musmusulus) and Wood Mouse (Apodemussylvaticus) from the Suburban Areas of Hamadan City, Western Iran. Iranian. J. parasitol. Vol. 9, No. 4, pp: 511-518.
Journal of Animal Environment
Volume 9, Issue 4
January 2018
Pages 81-84

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics