M. T., Farah Haziqah and P., Chandrawathani and S.N., Mohd Zain and G., Suresh Kumar and C., Hemalatha and B., Premaalatha
(2014)
A Preliminary Study of Blastocystis sp.
Isolated from Chicken in Perak And
Selangor, Malaysia.
Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research, 5 (1).
pp. 21-25.
ISSN 2180-3897
Abstract
ABSTRACT. Blastocystis is considered to
be a zoonoses and it is believed that animals
such as chicken constitute large reservoirs
for human infection via the faecal-oral
route. Therefore, Blastocystis infection was
surveyed in free-range chicken and cagereared
chicken comprising broiler birds for
consumption as well as jungle fowls and
silkie chicken kept for recreation. Fresh
faecal samples collected were examined by
wet smear preparation and were cultured
in Jones medium supplemented with
10% horse serum. Out of 107 chickens,
it was found that most of the free-range
chicken was positive for Blastocystis sp.
with a high prevalence rate of 80%–100%
in village chicken, jungle fowl and white
silkie chicken. However, the cage-reared
chicken, consisting of broiler chicken
had no infection. The vacuolar form was
the most common Blastocystis cell form
found in cultures, similar to B. hominis.
These cells were usually spherical and
vary greatly in size, ranging from 10 μm
to 30 μm in diameter. Owing to the
free ranging and scavenging habits, the
likelihood of acquiring the infection from
the environment contaminated with the
faecal material of animals with Blastocystis
is high in free-range chicken as compared
to caged chicken.
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