Open Access
Research
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online: 06-10-2016)
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Zoonotic intestinal protozoan of the wild boars,
Sus scrofa,
in Persian Gulf’s coastal area (Bushehr province), Southwestern
Iran -
Kambiz Yaghoobi, Bahador Sarkari, Majid Mansouri and Mohammad
Hossein Motazedian
Veterinary World, 9(10): 1047-1050
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2016.1047-1050
Kambiz Yaghoobi:
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; kyaghoobi7@gmail.com
Bahador Sarkari:
Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shiraz
University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; sarkarib@sums.ac.ir
Majid Mansouri:
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
mansuorimajid@gmail.com
Mohammad Hossein Motazedian:
Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; motazedm@sums.ac.ir
Received: 24-02-2016, Accepted: 23-08-2016, Published online:
06-10-2016
Corresponding author:
Bahador Sarkari, e-mail: sarkarib@sums.ac.ir
Citation:
Yaghoobi K, Sarkari B, Mansouri M, Motazedian MH (2016) Zoonotic
intestinal protozoan of the wild boars,
Sus scrofa,
in Persian Gulf’s coastal area (Bushehr province), Southwestern
Iran,
Veterinary World, 9(10):
1047-1050.
Abstract
Aim:
Wild boars,
Sus scrofa,
are potential reservoirs of many zoonotic diseases, and there
are a possibility of transmission of the zoonotic diseases from
these animals to humans and also domestic animals. This study
aimed to evaluate the protozoan contamination of wild boars in
the Persian Gulf’s coastal area (Bushehr Province), southwestern
Iran.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 25 crossbred boars were collected during a course of
vertebrate pest control in Bushehr province, in 2013. Samples
were collected from the gastrointestinal tracts of each boar in
5% formalin, Bouin’s solution, sodium acetate-acetic
acid-formalin, and polyvinyl alcohol fixatives. Fixed stool
smears examined by trichrome and Ziehl–Neelsen staining.
Results:
Each of the 25 wild boars was infected with at least one of the
intestinal protozoans. The rate of contamination with intestinal
protozoan was 64% for
Balantidium coli,
76% for
Iodamoeba
sp., 52% for
Entamoeba polecki,
44% for
Blastocystis
sp. and 8% for
Chilomastix
sp. No intestinal coccidian was detected in studied boars when
the stool samples were evaluated by Ziehl–Neelsen staining
method.
Conclusion:
Findings of this study demonstrated that wild boars in the
Persian Gulf coastal area are contaminated by many protozoans,
including zoonotic protozoan, which poses a potential risk to
locals as well as the domestic animals of the area.
Keywords:
Iran, Persian Gulf, protozoan, wild boars, zoonosis.
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