Korean J Parasitol.  2009 Dec;47(4):393-395. 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.393.

Cochlosoma Infection in a Turkey in Iran

• Gharagozlou MJ
• Dezfoulian O

• KMID: 1720642
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.4.393

Abstract

Cochlosoma sp. infection was identified in a single case among 60 stunted diarrheic native turkey poults, Meleagris galopavo. A large number of the flagellated parasites was found free or within the intervillous spaces of the jejunum, ileum and cecum. Moderate enteritis was associated with the parasites. In TEM studies of the parasagittal sections of the parasite, a prominent ventral sucker like disc and flagella emerging from an opening on the ventrodorsal surface of the pyriform uninuclear parasite were found. The morphological characteristics of this protozoan match with those described for Cochlosoma anatis. The parasite could be considered as an intestinal pathogenic protozoan causing stunting and diarrhea in turkeys in Iran.

Keyword

Cochlosoma; protozoan; flagellate; turkey; Meleagris galopavo; Iran

MeSH Terms

Animals
Cecum/parasitology/pathology
Enteritis/diagnosis/parasitology/veterinary
Ileum/parasitology/pathology
Iran
Jejunum/parasitology/pathology
Organelles/ultrastructure
Poultry Diseases/*diagnosis/*parasitology
Protozoan Infections, Animal/*diagnosis/*parasitology
Trichomonadida/cytology/*isolation & purification
Turkeys