Hydatidosis among man and animals in Assiut an Aswan governorates

A survey for hydatidosis among the slaughtered animals at Assiut and Aswan abattoirs, over one year showed that hydatid cyst camels was 107 out of 1395, but no infection in cattle and buffaloes. The lung was more involved than liver in camels. The fertile hydatid cysts in camels were 60.41% and 54.23% in Assiut and Aswan governorates, respectively. The hydatid cysts recorded in Assiut and Aswan governorates during summer [15.78%, 6.34%] or autumn [12.0%, 7.83%] was higher than during winter [10.58% 3.03%] or spring [10.52%, 5.18%]. Fresh fertile hydatid cysts protoscolices were recovered from lungs of infected camels, slaughtered at Bani-Adi [Assiut] abattoir were orally given to experimental dogs. All dogs developed Echinococcus worms mainly in the small intestine proximal third. The levels of echinococcosis by IHAT were estimated in 100 patients with acute and chronic hepatic diseases in Assiut and in Aswan governorates showed 5 positive reactions

Zoonotic toxoplasmosis in chicken

Modified agglutination test [MAT] was applied to 150 chicken sera [90 were farm-bred and 60 house-bred chickens].The prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies was 18.7%. In house-bred, chickens positive cases were 18 out of 60, while in farm-bred chickens positive cases were 10 out of 90. Histopathological sections of the seropositive chickens showed tissue lesions which were most likely to be induced by T. gondii. Tissue cysts of T. gondii were demonstrated in the liver, brain, heart and skeletal muscles of 22 out of 28 positive chickens. These tissue cysts were found mostly in the brain of seropositive chickens. Epidemiological implications of these data for public health significance were discussed