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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 20(10):660-666, 2016.
Effect of onion and
garlic oils on experimental Cryptosporidium parvum
infection in mice
1Iman K. K. Hazaa, 2Noor
A. Al-Taai, 2Nuha Khalaf Khalil, 3Ahmed MM Zakri
1 University of Fallujah, College of Veterinary medicine, 2Zoonotic
Diseases Unit, 3Surgery & Obstetrics, Veterinary
Medicine College, Baghdad University, Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Hazaa IKK, Noor AAT, Khalil NK, Zakri
AMM., Effect of onion and garlic oils on experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infection in mice, Onl J
Vet Res., 20(10):660-666, 2016. Groups of ten,
3-4 week old BALB/c mice infected with 103/ml C. parvum oocysts were fed 0.2ml garlic or
1ml/100g body weight onion oil daily for 15 days. Positive controls consisted
of 10 mice infected but not treated and negative controls not treated or
infected. Effects were evaluated by counting oocyst in feces and microscopical evaluation of ileum in mice. Results
suggested that the oils may have affected the outcome of experimental cryptosporidiosis.
Keywords: Cryptosporidium parvum, mice, garlic, onion, stomach tube.