Trypanosoma melophagium in blood cell culture

Nalbantoglu S., Karear Z.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.55, sa.3, ss.173-176, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 55 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.173-176
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cultivation, sheep, Trypanosoma melophagium
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Trypanosoma melophagium is a nonpathogenic trypanosome in sheep. The parasite has a widespread distribution and could be found everywhere along with the keds. Trypanosoma melophagium is a stercorarian species and is transmitted by the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus. This is the first record of Trypanosoma from sheep PBL (peripheral blood lymphocytes) and blood culture in Turkey. It was identified these sheep Trypanosomes as Trypanosoma melophagium. In the present study, T.melophagium was detected in 7 (7.77%) of the 90 sheep cultures.