This study includes isolation and identification of the larval stage Cysticercus tenuicollis of dog's cestoda thin neck Taenia hydatigena from slaughtered animals in Basrah abattoir. A total of 180 sheeps and 90 goats were determined by sex and examined during six months of study from January to June 2009. The diameter of alive cysts and the amount of liquid were measured. The total amount of protein was estimated at cyst antigen, and finds 3.4 nm. In slaughtered animals cysts were found in omentum and abdominal cavity, while liver and spleen were enlarged with bleeding spots. Therefore, the distribution of dog cestode T. hydatigena increases the pathological effect on sheeps and goats in Basrah city.
Key words: Dog's cestoda, Taenia hydatigena, Cysticercus tenuicollis, intermediate host, periteonititis
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