Objective: This study was performed to determine the tick species infested to the cattle and small ruminants in Kütahya Province and their seasonal activity and prevalence. Methods: Examination was performed in terms of infestation in 2402 farm animals and their shelters in 10 villages between...

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of intestinal cestode infections in ruminants in Nakhchivan Autonomus Republic from 2007 to 2009. The small intestines of 968 ruminants (460 sheep, 328 cattle, 124 goats and 56 buffaloes) were opened and examined. A total 1336 intestinal...

A survey of tick species and their abundance was carried out in 8 villages in 4 provinces in the southern Marmara Region of Turkey, between January, 1991 and December, 1992. 14400 sheep, cattle and goats were examined for ticks: 1200 of each species in each province. 288 stables were also...

The small intestines of 1417 sheep, 572 cattle, 182 goats and 61 water buffaloes slaughtered between March 1992 and November 1994 in the Kars district of Turkey were examined for anoplocephalid cestodes. Species of Anoplocephalidae were found in 181 (12.77%) of the sheep, in 31 (5.41%) of the ...

The prevalence of lungworms in sheep and cattle in the Kars region of northeast Turkey was investigated between March and July 1997. Rectal faecal samples were collected from 100 grazing cattle and 200 grazing sheep. In addition, 100 cattle and 100 sheep lungs were obtained from slaughtered...

Details are given for carrying out standard anthelmintic tests (controlled tests, critical tests), efficacy trials against individual nematode species, PM examinations, specific evaluation procedures, and trials with lungworms. These follow the guidelines of the World Association for the...

Faecal samples from 212 cattle in Elazığ Province, Turkey, were examined for the presence of coccidian oocysts and, after sporulation, these were then identified. 51.4% of the cattle were infected with different species of Eimeria and Isospora, with 59.5% 1-6-month-old calves and 38.3% in adult ...

8.5% of 272 cattle serum samples [year of sampling not given] from Elazighacek˜ province were positive for T. gondii infection in the indirect haemagglutination inhibition test.

Between April and September, 1990, blood samples were taken from 22 cattle in 3 herds. In indirect fluorescent antibody tests on 132 blood samples all 22 cattle were positive for antibodies to Babesia bigemina, 13 for B. bovis and none for B. divergens. B. bigemina and B. bovis were detected in...

A total of 96 cattle from the Elaziğ area, Turkey, infected with Theileria annulata were treated with buparvaquone (Butalex) by im injection at a dose of 2.5 mg/kg bwt. Clinical and haematological data were collected at regular intervals. 91 cattle were cured, 3 calves and 1 cow died, and 1 young...