Haemonchus contortus, an obligatory haematophagus worm infection in small ruminants: Population genetics and genetic diversity.

ABSTRACT: Haemonchus contortus, a stomach worm, is prevalent in ruminants worldwide. They particularly hamper profitable small ruminant production. Here, we estimate the genetic variation of H. contortus collected from slaughtered goats and sheep from various geographic zones of Bangladesh using multiple genes. To perform this, adult parasites were isolated from the abomasum of slaughtered animals (sheep and goats). Among them, 79 male H. contortus were identified by microscopy. Following the extraction of DNA, ITS-2 and cox1 genes were amplified and subsequently considered for sequencing. After alignment and editing, sequences were analyzed to find out sequence variation, diversity pattern of genes, and population genetics of isolates. Among the sequence data, the

SUBMITTER: Parvin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11157266 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature