Trypanosoma melophagium in blood cell culture
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2008
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Trypanosoma melophagium is a nonpathogenic trypanosome in sheep. The parasite has a widespread distribution
and could be found everywhere along with the keds. Trypanosoma melophagium is a stercorarian species and is transmitted by the
sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus. This is the first record of Trypanosoma from sheep PBL (peripheral blood lymphocytes) and blood
culture in Turkey. It was identified these sheep Trypanosomes as Trypanosoma melophagium. In the present study, T.melophagium
was detected in 7 (7.77%) of the 90 sheep cultures.
Trypanosoma melophagium koyunlarda nonpatojen bir trypanosomadır. Parazit koyun biti veya bit sineğinin yaygın
olduğu her yerde bulunur. Trypanosoma melophagium Melophagus ovinus ile taşınır ve stercorarian bir türdür. Bu çalışma
Türkiye’de koyunlarda PKL (perifer kan lenfositleri) ve kan kültürlerinde Trypanosoma melophagium’un ilk tespitidir. Çalışmada 90
koyun kültüründen 7’sinde (%7.77) T.melophagium saptanmıştır.
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Cultivation, Sheep, Trypanosoma melophagium