Ultrastructural study of host-parasite relationship and pathogenicity of Eimeria sp. infecting Libyan Jird [Meriones libycus] [lichtenstein, 1828]

The relationship of Eimeria sp. and its host fat LibyanJird [Meriones libycus] was studied on an ultrastructural level. The host cellular organelles [nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus] and the changes of its infected intestinal epithelial cells during the development of parasitic stages [schizogony and gamogony] were studied and compared with those non-infected cells. The ultrastructures of intravacuolar tubules and folds in the parasitophorous vacuole [P.V.] were described. These fine structures may involve in the transport-tation of materials from the host cell to across the parasitovorous vacuole [P.V.]

Prevalence of hydatid cysts in slaughtered animals in Sirte, Libya

The prevalence of cystic echinococcosis was studied among the livestock slaughtered in abattoir of Sirte, Libya during the period July 2004 to May 2005. The overall infection rate of 4.9% in sheep, 2.4% in goats, 2.7% in camels and 15% in cattle were observed. The increase in prevalence with age of the animals was statistically significant in the four species. In female goats, examined infection was higher in the male. Liver had higher hydatid cysts than lungs in sheep, goat while infected lungs had higher in camel