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A survey on the prevalence of parasites in quail of Chonbuk area (전북지방 메추라기의 기생충 감염 실태조사)

  • 양홍지;이정원;설찬구
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.399-404
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    • 1999
  • In order to monitor the parasites, 635 fecal samples were taken from quail in Chonbuk area. The isolation and identification of the parasites were determined by the fecal examination using the floatation and microscopical examination, respectively. The detection rate of the eggs and unsporulated oocysts from the intestine and feces were 37.8%(240 heads). In the concerns of complicated infection, infection with single, double and triple were 43.4%(217 heads), 3.4%(22 heads) and 0.1%(1 heads), respectively. The parasites isolated were identified as eimeria spp from 205 heads, strongyloides avium from 36 heads and demanyssus spp from 23 heads.

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Histopathological changes of small intestine of cats infected with helminth (연충감염 고양이 소장의 병리조직학적 변화)

  • 양홍지;박태욱;김현철;김태중;박배근
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.199-205
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    • 1996
  • Helminth and their ova or protozoan oocysts from fecal samples of cats in Chonju and Daejon were examined from December 1995 to January 1996. Out of the 43 samples, 41(95.35%) were positive and 66(153.49%) were cumulative positive for parasite infection. The identified parasites were summerized as follows; Worms of Toxocara cati(62.79%), Taenia taeniformis(48.88%), Spirometra sp(23.25%) and Diphyllobothrium latum (6.97%), eggs of Clonorchis sinensis(2.32%), Ancylostoma tubaeformae(2.32%) and Capillaria sp(4.65%), oocyst of Isospora (2.32%) sp. In haevy infected intestine, mast cells(38 cells/10 villi) were detected in villi and goblet cells(131 cells/$0.1mm^2$) were severely increased in mucosa. Epithelium of intestine was partially deteched B. The end of villi were necrosed and hyperaemia was widely recognized in lamina propria. T taeniaeformis have not the neck, but have 2 layed hooks(anterior : 19, posterior : 19, total : 38).

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Cultivation of Avian Coccidia(Eimeria tenella) in Chicken Embryonic Eggs by Serial Passage (부화 계란내 닭 콕시듐 원충(Eimeria tenella)의 연속계대 배양)

  • 김기석;이희수;정갑수;최상호;김상희;남궁선
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 1992
  • Sporozoite of Eimeria tenella inoculated into the allantoic cavities of embryonating eggs completed their life-cycle in the chorioallantoic membranes (CAM ) and produced viable oocysts. And the strain continued to adapt to the CAM through the period of the passages. In embryos, the reproduction of the strain, judged by oocyst production increased, but the pathogenicity, judged by mortality of embryo decreased, with increasing numbers of passage in eggs.

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An epidemiological survey on Cryptosporidium parvum infection of inhabitants in Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do

  • Seo, Min;Huh, Sun;Chai, Jong-Yil;Yu, Jae-Ran
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.201-203
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    • 2001
  • The present study was undertaken to know the infection status of Cryptosporidium parvum among the residents of Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do in 1993. Total 461 fecal samples were collected from the inhabitants residing in Chorwon-gun during the period of August 12 to September 14, 1993. Fecal smears were prepared by formalin-ether sedimentation, and examined after modified acid fast staining. Of the 461 fecal samples,9 (1.9%) were positive for C. parvum oocysts. The positive cases were limited to thirties (4) patients, forties (3), and sixties (2) , and no oocyst was detected in other age groups. The oocyst positive rate for male was 1.4% and that of female was 2.6%.

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Specific bovine antibody response against a new recombinant Cryptosporidium parvum antigen containing 4 zinc-finger motifs

  • De Graaf, Dirk-C.;Coninck, Hans-De;Petry, Franz;Eeckhout, Ilka-B.;Peeters, Johan-E.
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2002
  • A Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite and oocyst λgt11 cDNA library was screened with a hyperimmune rabbit serum that was developed against insoluble fragments of ultrasonicated oocysts. A clone named Cp22.4.1 encoding a protein of 231 amino acids with 4 zinc-finger domains characterized by a Cys-X2-Cys-X4-His-X4-Cys motif was isolated and characterized. There was a complete match between the sequencing data of the coding region of Cp22.4.1 and the corresponding gene at chromosomal level. Cloning in a pBAD-TOPO-TA expression vector permitted to evaluate the antigenicty of the recombinant His-tagged antigen. This antigen was recognized by 2 out of 5 sera from Cruptosporidium immune calves and not by sera from parasite naive animals.

Eimeria pipistrellus n. sp. from Pipistrellus kuhlii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Saudi Arabia

  • Alyousif, Mohamed-Saleh;Mohamed, Al-Dakhil;Yaser, Al-Shawa
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 1999
  • Fecal samples from 12 Pipistrellus kuhlii captured at Shagrah, Saudi Arabia, were examined for coccidia and three (25%) found to harbor a undescribed eimerian, herein described as Eimeria pipistrellus n. sp. Sporulated oocysts were sub spherical. $24.8{\times}23.2{\;}(22-27{\times}20-25){\;}\mu\textrm{m}$, with a bilayered and smooth wall. The micropyle was absent, but a large oocyst residuum and a single polar granule were present. Sporocysts were ovoid, 11.6{\times}8.3 (10.5-13{\times}7.5-9) Jim, with a prominent Stieda body, but without a substiedal body; sporozoites lay head to tail in sporocysts and contained one large posterior refractile body. Eimeria pipistrellus n. sp. is the 3rd species of the genus Eimeria found from bats of the genus Pipistrellus.

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Suppression of Eimeria tenella Sporulation by Disinfectants

  • You, Myung-Jo
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.435-438
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    • 2014
  • The disinfectant effects (DEs) of 10 types of chemicals, defined by their ability to destroy or inhibit oocysts and consequently prevent sporulation of Eimeria tenella field isolate, were evaluated in vitro. Correct species assignments and sample purities were confirmed by the singular internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-PCR analysis. A total of 18 treatments were performed, and the disinfection suppression levels were 75.9% for 39% benzene + 22% xylene (1:10 dilution), 85.5% for 30% cresol soup (1:1 dilution), and 91.7% for 99.9% acetic acid (1:2 dilution) group. The results indicate that acetic acid, cresol soup, and benzene+xylene are good candidates for suppression of E. tenella oocyst sporulation.

Ultrastructural Localization of Cryptosporidium parvum Antigen Using Human Patients Sera

  • Lee, Jong-Gyu;Han, Eun-Taek;Park, Woo-Yoon;Yu, Jae-Ran
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.171-174
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    • 2009
  • The antigen location of Cryptosporidium parvum, which stimulates antibody formation in humans and animals, was investigated using infected human sera. Immuno-electron microscopy revealed that antigenicity-inducing humoral immunity was located at various developmental stages of parasites, including asexual, sexual stages, and oocysts. The amount of antigen-stimulating IgG antibodies was particularly high on the oocyst wall. The sporozoite surface was shown to give stimulation on IgG and IgM antibody formation. Trophozoites implicated the lowest antigenicity to humoral immunity, both IgG and IgM, by showing the least amount of gold labeling. Immunogold labeling also provided clues that antigens were presented to the host-cell cytoplasm via feeder organelles and host-parasite junctions.

Mixed infection with coccidiosis, fowl typhoid and infectious bursal disease in broiler, a case report (육계에서 콕시듐증, 가금티푸스 및 전염성 F낭병 혼합감염 발생 예)

  • 김윤태;고원석;이정원;서이원;양홍지;송희종;오언평
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 1999
  • In a flocks of broiler, 29 days old, was submitted to Iksan-branch, Livestock Development and Research Institute of Chonbuk province. Grossly, their feathers were ruffled and multiful hemorrhage were presented in the thigh and pectoral muscles. There were multifocal foci on the liver surface and enlarged and edematous on bursa of Fabricius. The coagulative materials, which were blood-tinged, were filled in cecum, and Eimeria oocysts were detected in the cecal contents. Microscopically, macrogametes were noted in the cecum, degeneration and necrosis of lymphocytes in the medullary area of bursal follicles, and multifocal necrosis of hepatocytes. There were positive in the infectious bursal disease(IBD) through selologic test and Salmonella gallinarum were detected. This report is a mixed infection case of coccidium, IBD and fowl typhoid in a flocks of broiler.

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Outbreak of Eimeria stiedae infection in a rabbit farm in Kwangju (광주지역에서 발생한 토끼 Eimeria stiedae 감염증)

  • 배성열;김철희;고바라다;박성도;나호명;김용환;오대영
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.385-390
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    • 1998
  • A rabbit farm reared about 500 New Zealand White in Kwangju city was occurred Eimeria stiedae infection. Morbidity and cumulative mortality were more than 39% and 14%, respectively, from May, 1997 to March, 1998. Most of cases with severe diarrhea were belong to younger than 2-month old. In necrospy, there were multifocally white nodules with about 1-5mm in diameter on the liver surface and dark greenish mucous exudate in intestinal lumen. Main microscopic lesions included marked hyperplasia of the bile duct epitheilia containing different developmental stages of Eimeria stiedae and inflammatory cell infiltration, and the degeneration of small intestinal epithelia. Many oocysts of Eimeria stiedae were detected in the intestinal contents and epithelia, the feces, the bile juice, the bile duct and the liver.

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