Cystocaulus ocreatus Infection in Anatolian Wild Sheep and Dwarf Goats

Authors : Nalan KABAKCI, Kader YILDIZ, Sibel Yasa DURU, Murat YARIM

Pages : 287-291

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :An Anatolian wild sheep insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ovis orientalis anatolica); from a wild ruminant farm near Kırıkkale, Turkey, was necropsied. Parasitic nodules were situated beneath the pleura of the caudodorsal lobes of the lungs. First stage larvae of Cystocaulus ocreatus were detected both in bronchial fluid and in lung paraffin sections. Clinical and parasitological examinations of the other animals insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4 dwarf goats and 3 wild sheep reared on the same farm); were also performed. First stage larvae of C. ocreatus, and eggs of Nematodirus spp. and Strongyloides spp. were observed in coproscopic examination. Anthelmintic treatment, Rabenzole® insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(rafoxanide and thiabendazole, Topkim);, was administered to the animals infected by parasites. At the end of the treatment the combination of rafoxanide and thiabendazole was found to be markedly effective for the treatment of lungworm infection and no parasitic eggs were detected in the faeces of any of the treated animals.
Keywords : Anatolian wild sheep, dwarf goat, Cystocaulus ocreatus, lungworm, Ovis orientalis anatolica