Prevalence and Scanning Electron Microscopic Identification of Anoplocephalid Cestodes among Small Ruminants in Senegal. (11th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ndom, Mallé; Diop, Gora; Quilichini, Yann; Yanagida, Tetsuya; Ba, Cheikh Tidiane; Marchand, Bernard
• Other Names: Lindsay D. S. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of parasitology research. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-08-11
• Subjects: Parasitology -- Periodicals; Parasitology -- Research -- Periodicals; Parasitic Diseases; Parasitology; Parasitology; Parasitology -- Research; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.96
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/3937292
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-0023

Abstract

Abstract : This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of anoplocephalid cestodes in sheep and goats in Senegal. Intestines of 462 sheep and 48 goats were examined; 47.4% of sheep and 6.2% of goats were infected. The species identified and their prevalence were, among sheep, Avitellina centripunctata 38.7%, Moniezia expansa 15.4%, Stilesia globipunctata 16.7%, and Thysaniezia ovilla 0.4%. Among goats, they were M. expansa 6.2% and T. ovilla 2.1%. The prevalence of all species was not statistically different between dry and rainy seasons. The infections were single or multiple. Indeed, 56.2% of sheep were infected by a single species, 37.4% by two species, and 6.4% by three species. For goats, 66.7% were infected by M. expansa and 33.3% by both M. expansa and T. ovilla . Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations of tapeworms show the general diagnosis characters of these species.