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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium Infection and Analysis of Hematological and Biochemical Changes in Diarrheic Pre-Weaned Calves in Egypt
 
Ayman Ahmed Shehata1, Mahran Mohamed Abd El-Emam2*, Heba Gouda3, Basma Mustafa El-Said3, Marwa B. Salman4 and Eman Beshry Abd-Elfatah1
 

1Department of Animal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt; 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt; 3Department of Animal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, El-Shohada, Moawwad, Qesm Awel AZ, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt; 4Department of zoonotic diseases. National Research Centre. Post Box 12622, El Bohouth str.Dokki.Cairo, Egypt
*Corresponding author: mahranmohamed1234@gmail.com

Abstract   

Cryptosporidiosis is a major diarrheal disease with high mortality, primarily in young animals, and a zoonotic risk of infection. The molecular epidemiology patterns of Cryptosporidium isolates are still poorly understood in Egypt and other developing countries. The goal of this research was to better understand the genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium isolates in pre-weaned cattle calves in Egypt's Al-Sharkia governorate by examining the hemo-biochemical changes in infected calves. We used 100 diarrheal faecal samples to detect the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining. Twenty-two of the positive samples after staining were further verified using PCR targeting the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. We found that Cryptosporidium. Parvum (C. parvum) was the sole species identified using the polymorphic 60 kDa glycoprotein gene (GP60) locus. Sequencing GP60 locus samples revealed dominant circulation for subtype IIa of C. parvum in calves, unlike most previously reported sequences in Egypt. These sequences were 100% like those in Latin America (Brazil, KT948746 EPC30). Egypt imports cattle calves from Latin America, mainly Brazil, to overcome the deficiency in meat production, so it is more likely that the C. parvum sequences circulating in Egypt appear to be from different origins. Red Blood Cells (RBCs), Hemoglobin (Hb), Mean Corpuscular Hb (MCH), lymphocytes, and Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) values were all significantly diminished in the infected calves than in the healthy ones, while Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), neutrophil, eosinophil and monocytic percentages, Aspartate (Asp), and Glutamate Decarboxylase (GAD) values increased. Our study for the first time identified the presence of C. parvum isolates and changes in hemato-biochemical conditions in pre-weaned cattle calves in Al-Sharkia governorate, which may address the potential role of imported livestock in disease transmission.

To Cite This Article: Shehata AA, El-Emam MMA, Gouda H, El-Said BM, Salman MB, Abd-Elfatah EB, 2024. Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium parvum infections and analysis of hemological and biochemical changes in diarrheic pre-weaned calves in Egypt. Pak Vet J, 44(1): 135-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.071

 
   
 

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