بررسي شيوع و شناسايي انگل بابزيا در گوسفند و بز كوچرو عشاير استان اصفهان

A study on prevalence and identification of babesia spp. in immigrant sheep & goats and nomadic people of Isfahan province

Isfahan province with 1.5 million immigrant sheep and goats has one of the highest populations of immigrant sheep & goats in Iran and nomadic people are depending on them as source of meat and milk. Babesiosis is a problem of these sheep and goats and in them the disease can be fetal. Sheep & goats act as reservoirs for the babesia spp. and no studies have been done in Isfahan.ln this parasitological survey, prevalence of babesia spp. was studied in immigrant sheep & goats and nomadic people of Isfahan area in Iran from 2002-2003.in immigrant sheep and goats a total of 715 blood smears originating from 3 area and 57 flocks were investigated for the presence of babesia spp. In The 196 smears that were found posetive for babesia spp., 22.5% B.motasi and 77.55% B.ovis were detected. The study revealed that the infection rate for Babesia ovis and Babesia motasi were 152(21.26%) and 44(6.15%) respectively. In nomadic people 500 blood smears were taken from patients humans with clinical signs same as fever, weakness head ache and muscular pain. All blood smears were investigated for babesia spp. but fortunately we could not find parasite in any of them