Abstract :
Out of 175 heads of sheep, 25 heads were infected with macrocytic Sarcocystis gigentia 7%, and out of 25 heads of goats, only 2 had infection 8% with macrocytic Sarcocystis caprifelis. Parasitic cysts measurement are 0.8-1.5 cm in sheep and 0.15-0.5 cm in goats, while cystizoits reach in both 0.48-14.8 $m for long types and 1.2- 12.0 $m for short types. Biochemical analysis of 83 Sarcocystis parasite cysts (70 cysts were collected from sheep and 13 were collected from goats) were investigated, the total protein (0.849 g/l and 0.813 g/l ), Glucose (22.850 mg/dl and 29.268 mg/dl),Cholesterol (50 mg/ l and 15.385 mg/l),Triglyceride (18.181 mg/dl and 90 mg/dl), Urea (13.333 mg/dl and 20 mg/dl), Calcium (6.11 mg/dl and 8.80 mg/dl), Sodium (15 mmol./l and 1.5 mmol/l), Potassium (3.875 mmol/l and 3.375 mmol/l), and Iron (31.428 $g/dl and 22.5 $g/dl) for parasite cysts of sheep and goats respectively. Results are differs significantly (P 0.05) for glucose, Cholesterol, triglyceride, urea sodium and iron and that could be attributed to physiological and nature of both kinds of parasite and hosts. Biochemical analysis was done for the first time for Sarcocystis parasite of sheep and goats in Duhok area.
