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Metwally DM, Albasyouni SA, Barakat IA, Al-Turaiki IM, Almuhanna AM, Bashir MA, Baghdadi HB, El-Khadragy MF, Alajmi RA. Prevalence Rate and Molecular Characteristics of Oestrus ovis L. (Diptera, Oestridae) in Sheep and Goats from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:689. [PMID: 33806608 PMCID: PMC7999880 DOI: 10.3390/ani11030689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Heads of sheep (n = 600) and goats (n = 800) slaughtered at Al-Aziziah Abattoir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were inspected for the presence of O. ovis larvae (L). Heads were split along the longitudinal axes, and larvae (L1, L2, and L3) were gathered. The infestation rate was significantly higher in goats (44.5%; 356/800) than that in sheep (22.3%; 134/600). Out of the 151 collected larvae from sheep, 0% were L1, 1.3% were L2, and 98.7% were L3. Out of the total of 468 larvae from goats, 0% were L1, 1.2% were L2, and 98.8% were L3. The infestation rate was significantly higher in males than that in females. Myiasis-causing larvae collected from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were authenticated as O. ovis, according to morphological characteristics. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a partial fragment (600 bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene further confirmed the species. Phylogenetic analysis based on the partial mtCOI gene sequence demonstrated that 23 unique sequences showed high similarity based on nucleotide pairs of O. ovis accessions retrieved from GenBank.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dina M. Metwally
- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.A.); (I.A.H.B.); (A.M.A.); (R.A.A.)
- Parasitology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.A.); (I.A.H.B.); (A.M.A.); (R.A.A.)
| | - Ibrahim A.H. Barakat
- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.A.); (I.A.H.B.); (A.M.A.); (R.A.A.)
- Cell Biology Department, National Research Center, 33 Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
| | - Isra M. Al-Turaiki
- Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
| | - Amal M. Almuhanna
- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.A.); (I.A.H.B.); (A.M.A.); (R.A.A.)
| | - Muhammad A. Bashir
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Science Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan 32200, Pakistan;
| | - Hanadi B. Baghdadi
- Biology Department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam City 31441, Saudi Arabia;
- Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam City 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdelrahman University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
| | - Reem A. Alajmi
- Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.A.); (I.A.H.B.); (A.M.A.); (R.A.A.)
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