TITLE:
Experiment of Hydatid Cyst in Two Strains (Camels and Goats) in Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Areej O. Bakhraibah, Muslimah N. Alsulami, Fawzia H. Toulah, Amal A. El Shafi
KEYWORDS:
E. granulosus, Swiss Albino Mice, Protoscoleces, Hydatid Cyst Disease, Hydatid Cysts, Virulence of Scoleces
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Animal Sciences,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
10,
2019
ABSTRACT: Hydatid cyst disease is one of the most parasitic
diseases transmitted from carnivores animals (such as dogs) to humans and
causes a deterioration in the general health. Its transmission to herbivores
animals led to a substantial economic loss in the meat productivity and reduced
its quality. The increase of acquisition of dogs at homes nowadays led to an
increase in the risk of infection with many parasitic diseases such as hydatid
cyst disease. The present study was conducted to provide a modern view on the
current status of hydatid cyst disease among slaughtered animals in Jeddah
through periodic visiting to a slaughter house in North Jeddah. The mice
prepared have been infected in the peritoneal membrane with 0.2 ml of hydatid
cyst fluid containing ±2000 protoscoleces from fertile cysts obtained from an infected goat’s liver which resulted
in a 75% infection rate. Mice infected with hydatid fluid from fertile cysts
obtained from an infected camel’s lungs showed a result of 11.1% infection rate. The cysts appeared in the
peritoneal and abdominal cavity.