Journal of Veterinary Science & Medicine
Research Article
Investigation of Parasitic Sarcocystis Infection in Native Poultry Carcasses in North Part of Iran, Mazandaran (Amol)
Vahedi Noori N1*, Salehi A2, Razavi M2 and Masoumi M2
1Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization
(AREEO), Iran
2Veterinary Medicine Student, Babol Islamic Azad University, Iran
*Address for Correspondence: Vahedi Noori N, Assistant Professor, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran; E-mail: nsvahedi@yahoo.com
Submission: 24-October, 2019
Accepted: 03-November, 2019
Published: 04-November, 2019
Copyright: © 2019 Vahedi Noori N, et al. This is an open access article
distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Sarcocystis is one of the most important and common protozoan
parasites in the world. Various species of Sarcocystis reported in groups of
mammals, birds and reptiles. In the life cycle of these parasite there are
2 hosts including hunted and hunter. Usually, omnivores and herbivores,
as intermediate hosts (hunted) and carnivores, are considered as the
definitive host (hunter) of this parasite. This research for the first time
examines the contamination of Sarcocystis (microcyst) in native birds of
Mazandaran province (Amol city). For this purpose, randomly, 57 native
bird’s breast muscles which include 18 pieces of native ducks and 39
native chickens were tested by digestion method. The results of the
experiment showed that 55 cases (96.5%) were infected with Sarcocystis
bradyzoite that contributed 100% to the local duck and 94.78% to the
native species. Based on age groups, the percentage of infection in the
group age under 6 months was 80%, in the age between 6 months and
one year was 97.91% and in the age group over one year, was 100%. The
Chi-square test did not show a significant difference in the percentage
of infection between two types of birds (duck-chicken) and age groups
(P <0.05).