The article presents the results of monitoring parasitic protozoa young turkeys in industrial-type farms Central region Russia. Fecal samples, scrapings from floor and passages, contents gastrointestinal tract during slaughter were systematically examined birds different ages. age seasonal dynamics their infection with eimeria, as well contamination environmental objects by protozoan oocysts, e...

Sarcocystosis is regarded as one of the most important protozoal infections buffaloes. This study was conducted to determine prevalence Sarcocystis spp. in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) slaughterhouses Sharkia province, Egypt. In addition, effect age and sex on infection rates reported. Therefore, isolates were identified morphologically using macroscopic, microscopic histopathological exam...

In the present scenario of protozoal infections, new drugs are urgently needed to treat and control infections such as malaria, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and intestinal infections, which aff ect millions of people each year. In this review, we are focusing on articles related to antiprotozoal essential oils extracted from plants that have been published during the last 20...

Parasitic diseases are rare infections after a solid organ transplant (SOT). Toxoplasmosis, Trypanosoma cruzi, and visceral leishmanias are the 3 main opportunistic protozoal infections that have the potential to be lethal if not diagnosed early and treated appropriately after SOT. Strongyloides stercoralis is the one helminthic disease that is life-threatening after transplant. This review add...

Purpose. Up to 30% of international travelers are affected by travelers' diarrhea (TD). Reliable data on the etiology of TD is lacking. Sufficient laboratory capacity at travel destinations is often unavailable and transporting conventional stool samples to the home country is inconvenient. We evaluated the use of Hemoccult cards for stool sampling combined with a multiplex PCR for the detectio...

Pig production is an important part of the economy in many countries. Domestic and wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are susceptible to a wide range of infectious and parasitic diseases. Some of these diseases are specifically limited to pigs while some of the other diseases are shared with other species of wildlife and domestic livestock. As the numbers and geographic distribution of wild and domestic sw...

human infection with the coccidia parastite, isospora belli is relatively uncommon. human isosporiasis in iran was first reported by hadjian in 1961. 5 yearly, about 200 stool samples have been examined by direct and formol-ether concentration techniques in the protozoology unit, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences. in addition to the common protozoal and helminthic i...

TiiK term " leptospirosis" means infection by that group of spirochetes known as Leptospira. For many years there was much discussion as to whether spirochetes should be classed among protozoa or among the non-protozoal bacteria. Many workers, basing their arguments mainly on Schaudinn's classical paper published in 1905 (i), claimed that they were protozoa: on the other hand, there is strong e...