MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY AND PREVALENCE OF TRICHURIS IN SHEEP IN BAGHDAD PROVINCE, IRAQ

The total recovery of Trichuris spp. for sixty specimens collected from three regions (Abu Ghraib, Shulla and AL Bayaah) from Baghdad city was 45%, from January 2021 till the end of June 2021 by direct examination to the intestinal contents and morphological identification for the adult worms. Significant differences(P≤0.05)were recorded between the region and during months of the study,Abu Ghraib region recorded highest infection rate with 60% (12/20) while Shulla recorded lowest infection rate with 30%(6/20). May recorded the higher infection rate withsignificant differences(P≤0.05) referring to other months with 90% (9/10), comparing to January which no infection recorded during it. morphological measurements were recorded for males, females and ova for the isolated nematodes for the total length, anterior narrow filamentous anterior endratio to the total body length, width as well as the barrel shaped ova measurements.