INCIDENCE AND PATHOLOGY OF PARASITIC PNEUMONIA IN IRAQI LOCAL GOATS
Goats
Parasitic Pneumonia
Caprine
Iraq
This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of caprine parasitic pneumonia and to characterize it's pathological (morphologic and histopathologic) features. Among a total of 800 examined goats, the incidence rate of the disease was 6.3%. Four types of parasitic pneumonia were reported: 1) chronic purulent and muco-purulent bronchopneumonia (52.94%), 2) chronic interstitial pneumonia (19.62%), 3) chronic granulomatous pneumonia (15.68%) and 4) chronic non-suppurative pneumonia (3.92%). Four miscellaneous parasitic lung lesions (7.84%) were also reported.
