Endoparasite and ectoparasite infection rates in some species of domestic animals and bids in the conditions of the Ararat Valley of Armenia

ENDOPARASITE AND ECTOPARASITE INFECTION RATES IN SOME SPECIES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND BIDS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE ARARAT VALLEY OF ARMENIA

Movsesyan S.O., Petrosyan R.A., Nikogosyan M.A., Arutyunova L.D., Vardanyan M.
Institute of Zoology of Scientific Center for Zoology and Hydroecology NAS, Armenia;
Center of Parasitology of A.N.Severtcov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS, Moscow.

Summary

A parasite fauna of cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and poultry were investigated in the conditions of the Ararat Valley of Armenia. Total 30 parasite species have been found including 18 helminth species, 7 Protozoa ones, 4 Ixodes ticks and 1 insect species. The following ectoparasits have been found in cattle, sheep and goats: Boophilus annulatus (B.calcaratus), Hyaloma sp., Rhipicephalus bursa, Rh. Sangvineus. Only Melophagus ovinus was characteristic for sheep.

Blood smears from cattle evidenced about Piroplasma bigeminum, while sheep and goats were infected by Babesia ovis and P. ovis.The following helminth species were found in sheep and goat intestines: nematodes Nematodirus spathiger, Trichocephalus ovis, Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus sp., Chabertia ovina; in lungs - Dictyocaulus filaria, Cystocaulus nigrescens, Muellerius capillaries, Protostrongylus sp.; cestodes Cysticercus tenuicollis, Moniezia expansa, trematodes Dicrocoelium lanceatum, Fasciola hepatica. Rabbits had such helminths as Passalurus ambigus, Trichocephalus leporis and protozoa Eimeria perforans, E. mаgna and E. stidae. Poultry was infected by Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum, and protozoa Eimeria tenella.

Infection of Dicrocoelium and Protostrongylidae larvae were established in land mollusks Helicella derbentina.

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