Parasitic contamination of some Vegetables in Sharkia Governorate, Egypt | ||
| Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2024, Issue 2, July 2024, Pages 15-23 PDF (928.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2023.206690.1268 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Suzan Ismael Rashad* 1; Samia Etewa2; salwa arafa3; Abd Allah Al Hoot1; Shimaa Samir Hassan1 | ||
| 1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University. | ||
| 2Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University. | ||
| 3Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Water and vegetable parasitic contamination is a cormopolitan problem that affects a great part of the world including Nile delta in Egypt. The most eminent causal parasites are nematode larvae and pathogenic protozoans such as Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia spp., coccidian oocysts and microspores. In this study, we sought to investigate the incidence/prevalence/abundance of parasitic contamination in vegetables irrigated by contaminated water at different places in Sharkia govenorate, Egypt. We compared the infection incidence rate for these plants to those irrigated with clean fresh water. We found vegetables dill (Anethum graveolens) infected with Ascaris Eggs with rate of infection (25%), Giardia cyst with rate of (12%), and Cryptosporidium oocyst. with rate (10%), parsely (Petroselinum crispum) infected with Trichuris eggs with rate (14%), Nematode Larvae with rate (6%), and Blastocystis hominis with rate (2%), lecttuce (lactuca sativa) infected with Dipylidium caninum with rate (7%), Ascaris eggs with rate (25%), Giardia cyst with rate (15%), green radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) infected with Trichuris eggs with rate (12%), Nematode Larvae with rate (2%), Entamoeba cyst with rate (10%), watercress (Nasuritum officinale) infected with Ascaris eggs with rate (20%), Entamoeba cyst with rate (8%), coriander (Apiaceae sp.) infected with Dipylidium caninum spp. with rate of infection (6%) , Giardia cyst with rate (13%), Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) infected with Ascaris eggs with rate (9%), Trichuris eggs with rate (6%), Nematode Larvae with rate (4%), | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Oocysts; Larvae; Flotation techniques; Namatode eggs; Sedemidation | ||
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