Morphological and molecular identiﬁcation of Cyclospora species in sheep and goat at Tamil Nadu, India

Basnett, Kanta; Nagarajan, K; Soundarajan, C; Vairamuthu, S; Sudhakar Rao, Ganne Venkata; TANUVAS

Morphological and molecular identiﬁcation of Cyclospora species in sheep and goat at Tamil Nadu, India

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2018

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Sudhakar Rao, Ganne Venkata

TANUVAS

Abstract

A total of 281 fresh fecal samples (65 sheeps and 216 goats) were examined for the presence of Cyclospora species in Tamil Nadu from October 2017 to April 2018. All the faecal samples were examined by direct smear method, saturated sucrose ﬂoatation technique and modiﬁed Ziehl-Neelsen staining method and it was conﬁrmed— at genus level with PCR technique, Overall prevalence of Cyclospora infection in—small niminant was 214%. The prevalence of Cyclospora species in sheep and goat was 3.08 and 1.85% respectively. Cyclnspora oocyst was observed mostly during winter season (Dec-Feb) with 7.14% followed by summer (March and April) and Northeast mansoon (October and November) with 1.67 and l.66% respectively. The oocyst detected from faecal sample through conventional faecal examination was conﬁrmed by PCR.

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TNV_JPS_2018_1-4

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Veterinary Science

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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810150551

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