Studies on protozoa of small ruminants in sharkia province

This work was planed to study the incidence and prevalence of the detected protozoal parasites in small ruminants at different ages and sex during the months of the year in Sharkia Province.Microscopic examination for 2031 faecal samples (1145 sheep and 886 goats) resulted in detection of Eimeria oocysts in 76.51% of samples, 7 species of Eimeria in sheep (E.parva, E.crandallis, E. ovinoidalis, E. ovina, E.faurei, E.intricata and E.ahsata) aPercentage of infection with Cryptosporidium in relation to age and sex of animals in the different seasons of the year also studied. The haematological changes on sheep and goats infected with Eimeria spp. and Cryptosporidium infections in different age Also, 200 serum samples from 120 sheep and 80 goats were serologically examination for serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma infection using three tests latex agglutination test, indirect haemagglutination test and ELISA, percentage of Toxoplasma infection was 23%,