Abstract:This study aimed to determine and identify Sarcocystis spp. infection in sheep and goats in Misan governorate, Iraq. samples from oesophagus, diaphragm, tongue, and heart muscles were examined histologically for microscopic and macroscopic cyst , 70 out of 90 sheep 77.78 % had microscopic thick walled sarcocysts with mean 53 ×24.72 μm diagnosed as Sarcocystis tenella while 25 out of them 27.78 % had microscopic thin-walled sarcocysts with mean 49.45×33 μm diagnosed Sarcocystis arieticanis , esophagus showed … Show more
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