Sarcocystis cruzi in Egyptian slaughtered cattle (Bos taurus): epidemiology, morphology and molecular description of the findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcocystis spp. are one of the most common foodborne tissue cyst-forming coccidia with a public health and veterinary concern.

Aims

The existing study aimed to rectify the epidemiological profile of Sarcocystis spp. infection in the cattle carcasses as well as to explore the structure and phylogenetic features of Sarcocystis spp. isolates.

Methods

A total of 292 cattle carcasses were checked for the existence of sarcocysts using light microscopy (LM) via muscle squash (MS) and peptic digestion (PD) analysis from January 2020 to December 2020. Individual sarcocysts from different cattle tissues were selected for morphologic characterization and DNA extraction. Each sarcocyst's 18S rDNA gene was amplified, sequenced, and analyzed.

SUBMITTER: Elshahawy IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9984137 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature