An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep.
This is an epidemiological study on the gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) and Eimeria coccidia infections in Kazakh sheep and the F1 and F2 generations of Kazakh × Texel sheep crosses. A total of 7599 sheep fecal samples were collected from the Zhaosu County and Nilka County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous P...
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| author | Xiaofei Yan Mingjun Liu Sangang He Ting Tong Yiyong Liu Keqi Ding Haifeng Deng Peiming Wang |
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| description | This is an epidemiological study on the gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) and Eimeria coccidia infections in Kazakh sheep and the F1 and F2 generations of Kazakh × Texel sheep crosses. A total of 7599 sheep fecal samples were collected from the Zhaosu County and Nilka County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the four seasons-spring, summer, autumn, and winter of 2019. The parasite causing the infection was identified by the saturated saline floating method, and the infection intensity was calculated by the modified McMaster method. SPSS19.0 was used to evaluate the differences in the fecal egg count (FEC) of for GIN and the fecal oocyst count (FOC) value of for coccidia per sample. The results showed that there were nine types of sheep GIN infections and Eimeria coccidia in these two counties of Ililocations, with the dominant parasite species of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus spp., and Ostertagia spp as the predominant parasites in the sheep. Most of the GIN and coccidia infections in these two regions were mild and moderate. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection in the Zhaosu area was significantly higher than that in the Nilka area, whereas the mean log (FOC) of coccidia infection in Zhaosu was significantly lower than that of Nilka. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection in the four seasons was the highest in spring, followed by in summer, then in autumn, and the lowest in winter. The mean log (FOC) of coccidia infection was the highest in spring, followed by in autumn, and was the lowest in summer and winter. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection and log (FOC) of coccidia infection of Kazakh sheep was significantly higher than the F1 generation, which was then significantly higher than the F2 generation of summer. A positive correlation was found between the EPG and OPG levels in the sheep. These results showed that the GIN and coccidia infection intensities of the F1 generation sheep of Kazakh ×Texel crosses were significantly lower than that of Kazakh sheep paving the way for marker-based resistance selection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcebaa7f35f54b25b2108bf9092db5ec2022-12-22T01:40:19ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01165e025130710.1371/journal.pone.0251307An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep.Xiaofei YanMingjun LiuSangang HeTing TongYiyong LiuKeqi DingHaifeng DengPeiming WangThis is an epidemiological study on the gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) and Eimeria coccidia infections in Kazakh sheep and the F1 and F2 generations of Kazakh × Texel sheep crosses. A total of 7599 sheep fecal samples were collected from the Zhaosu County and Nilka County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in the four seasons-spring, summer, autumn, and winter of 2019. The parasite causing the infection was identified by the saturated saline floating method, and the infection intensity was calculated by the modified McMaster method. SPSS19.0 was used to evaluate the differences in the fecal egg count (FEC) of for GIN and the fecal oocyst count (FOC) value of for coccidia per sample. The results showed that there were nine types of sheep GIN infections and Eimeria coccidia in these two counties of Ililocations, with the dominant parasite species of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus spp., and Ostertagia spp as the predominant parasites in the sheep. Most of the GIN and coccidia infections in these two regions were mild and moderate. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection in the Zhaosu area was significantly higher than that in the Nilka area, whereas the mean log (FOC) of coccidia infection in Zhaosu was significantly lower than that of Nilka. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection in the four seasons was the highest in spring, followed by in summer, then in autumn, and the lowest in winter. The mean log (FOC) of coccidia infection was the highest in spring, followed by in autumn, and was the lowest in summer and winter. The mean log (FEC) of GIN infection and log (FOC) of coccidia infection of Kazakh sheep was significantly higher than the F1 generation, which was then significantly higher than the F2 generation of summer. A positive correlation was found between the EPG and OPG levels in the sheep. These results showed that the GIN and coccidia infection intensities of the F1 generation sheep of Kazakh ×Texel crosses were significantly lower than that of Kazakh sheep paving the way for marker-based resistance selection.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251307 |
| spellingShingle | Xiaofei Yan Mingjun Liu Sangang He Ting Tong Yiyong Liu Keqi Ding Haifeng Deng Peiming Wang An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. PLoS ONE |
| title | An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. |
| title_full | An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. |
| title_fullStr | An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. |
| title_full_unstemmed | An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. |
| title_short | An epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of Kazakh sheep. |
| title_sort | epidemiological study of gastrointestinal nematode and eimeria coccidia infections in different populations of kazakh sheep |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251307 |
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