Authors : Yousef Davoudi, Yagoob Garedaghi and Saied Safarmashaei
Abstract: Neonatal calf diarrhea is a major health problem that has economical losses as a culling, emaciation and treatment costs. Giardiasis is an importance disease for calves and case of diarrheal disease in animals that cause dysentery in calves especially in 3 months old. This study was carried out on newborn calves in different parts of East Azerbaijan province due to 1 year. Five hundred fecal samples were taken from diarrheic calves under the age of months from 25 commercial diary farms. After taking samples from rectum of the diarrheic calves, the samples kept in formalin 5% the samples were examined by direct test and concentration with formalin ether. The positive samples for Giardia were confirmed as 28% a significant difference was found between the prevalence rates in relation to the seasons of study (p<0.05). The highest prevalence rate was in summer (37.6%) and the least rate was in winter (16.8%).
Yousef Davoudi, Yagoob Garedaghi and Saied Safarmashaei, 2011. Epidemiological Study of Giardiasis in Diarrheic Calves in East-Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 10: 2508-2510.