Fertility Rate of Hydatid Cyst in Sheep and Cattle Slaughtered at Zanjan abattoir in 1998

• Main Authors: Hormoz Hamidieh, Abdolhosein Dalimi-Asl
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2000-09-01
• Series: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
• Subjects: animals; domestic / echinococcosis / fertility
• Online Access: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-934-en.html
• ISSN: 2588-722X; 2588-7238

The  present  study  was  conducted  to  determine  viability  rate  of    protoscoleces and fertility rate of hydatid cysts isolated  from 118 sheeps    and 114 cattles slaughtered at Zanjan abattoir during 1998.          At  first ,  cyst  number  of the infected organs was counted and their    diameter was measured.  Then  by  dissecting the cysts , their fertility was    determined.  To  determine   protoscoleces   viability  ,   eosin  -  staining    technique   was applied.          The results indicate, in infected sheep, cysts were found in 17% of the    livers , 47.5% of  the  lungs and 35.5% of the livers and lungs concurrently,    with  cyst  fertility  rate  of  49.15%  and  protoscoleces  vialility  of  67%. In    infected cattle cysts  were found in 5.26% of the livers, 80.7% of the lungs    and  14.04%  of  the  livers  and  lungs  concurrently , with  protoscoleces    viability of 58%. 96.5%  of  the  cattle  organs  were  found  infected  with    mixed fertile and  infertile  cysts.  Frequency  of  the multivesicular cyst in    both liver and lung was higher than univesicular cyst. Fertility rate of liver    cyst  was  higher  than  lung  cyst  and  multivescular  cyst   higher   than    univesicular cyst. No significant difference between protoscolex viability    rate of  liver  and  lung  as  well  as multivesicular  and univesicular cysts    were  observed.