Attenuation Effect of UV on Haemonchus contortus Larvae in Experimentally Infected Goats

Attenuation Effect of UV on Haemonchus contortus Larvae in Experimentally Infected Goats

Haemonchus contortus causes severe economic losses in small ruminants, so this study was conducted to study the UV effect on H. contortus larvae and its protective effect. Sixteen male goats were divided into 5 groups, control infected, control uninfected and UV 30 minutes exposure; UV 60 minutes ex...

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Published in:Iranian journal of parasitology Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 559 - 569
Main Authors: Aboelhadid, Aboelhadid Shawky Mohamed, El-Askalany, Mahmoud Amin, Mousa, Wahid Mohamed, Arafa, Walid Mahmoud
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 01-10-2013
Subjects:
Animals
Attenuation
Drinking water
Eggs
Goat
Haemonchus contortus
Infertility
Nematodes
Original
UV irradiation
Worms
Egypt
Haemonchus contortus
Attenuation
Goat
UV irradiation
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Summary:Haemonchus contortus causes severe economic losses in small ruminants, so this study was conducted to study the UV effect on H. contortus larvae and its protective effect. Sixteen male goats were divided into 5 groups, control infected, control uninfected and UV 30 minutes exposure; UV 60 minutes exposure and UV booster 60 minutes exposure. The UV groups were exposed to UV irradiation at wave length 254 nm for 30 and 60 minutes. The UV booster 60 min was administrated 2 doses of exposed larvae with an interval of one month. All groups except the control negative one were challenged for 42 days from the beginning. In UV booster 60 min had reduction in egg count per gram feces and worm burden (93% & 34 % respectively). The establishment rate and relative fertility declined in comparison with other groups. These parameters were similar in control infected, UV 30 min and UV 60 min groups. PCV value of UV booster 60 min group was similar to uninfected group. After two weeks from the booster dose of irradiated larvae, increased levels of antibody were found in goats of UV booster 60 min group. Two doses of UV 60 min exposure, with an interval of one month, gave reduction not only in egg per gram feces but in worm burden as well.
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ISSN:1735-7020
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