Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Hexamita infection associated with diarrhoea and stunting in native turkey poults.
- Journal:
- Tropical biomedicine
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Dezfoulian, O et al.
- Affiliation:
- School of Veterinary Medicine
Abstract
Hexamita sp. was identified in 8 cases of sixty (13.3%) stunted diarrhoeic 1- 12- week old native turkey poults. Large numbers of the flagellated parasites were found within the dilated crypts of Lieberkuhn of ileum and jejunum. In TEM studies on the parasagittal section of the parasite, elongated flagellated binuclear parasite was found. The morphological characteristics of the seen protozoan are similar with those described for Hexamita meleagridis. The parasite could be considered as an intestinal pathogenic protozoan parasite, causing stunting and diarrhoea in turkeys in Iran.
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