TY - JOUR ID - 60 TI - Prevalence and ultrastructural study of Aegyptianella spp. in domestic birds from southwestern area, Iran JO - Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research JA - IJVR LA - en SN - 1728-1997 AU - Dezfoulian, O. AU - Zibaei, M. AU - Nayebzadeh, H. AU - Zakian, N. AU - Haghgoo, M. AD - Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran AD - Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran AD - Poultry and Aquatic Hygiene Office, Veterinary Department of Lorestan Province, Khorramabad, Iran Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 167 EP - 171 KW - Aegyptianella spp KW - Blood parasite KW - Electron microscopy KW - Native poultry KW - Iran DO - 10.22099/ijvr.2011.60 N2 - Aegyptianellosis is a disease caused by small intraerythrocytic inclusions which is restricted to the areaof Africa, Asia and extreme southern Europe. In this study the prevalence of Aegyptianella spp. wasevaluated in four genera of domestic poultry in the northern, southern and central regions of Lorestanprovince from April to September 2008. A total of 275 native adult birds including chickens, ducks, geese,and turkeys which were bred in free range pasture condition were used for blood sampling in the rural areasof the regions. Twenty one (7.6%) out of 275 birds used in this study were infected with the organisms. Thedetected Aegyptianella were found in 7 chickens (33.3%), 2 ducks (9.5%), 7 geese (33.3%), and 5 turkeys(23.9%), respectively. The majority of the records were from the northeastern regions. Therefore, more thanone-half of the infected birds with the Aegyptianella species were located in these regions. The structuremorphology of Aegyptianella spp. was studied using light and electron microscopy. The results of the studyby electron microscopy demonstrated the developmental stage as well as implemented similar and differentextra/intra genus. UR - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_60.html L1 - https://ijvr.shirazu.ac.ir/article_60_22524e344d595471137c717481f84a93.pdf ER -