Veterinary Science & Technology

Prevalence and Study of the Bovine Sarcocystis Species in the Slaughterhouses of Rouiba (Algiers)

Abstract

Aissi M, Harhoura KH and Khouni F

In this present study, experimental infestations of the definitive hosts of cattle Sarcocystis were realized to identify the species existing in our regions. For that purpose, 200 g of a mixture of oesophagi and diaphragms infested by cysts of Sarcocystis were administered to 7 dogs, 2 cats and 2 Magot monkeys. Only dogs excreted oocystes and sporocystes of Sarcocystis cruzii, although cysts with thick wall were present in broyats.