| 总结: | Sarcocystosis in meat-producing animals is a major cause of reduced productivity in
many countries, especially those that rely on agriculture. Although several diagnostic
methods are available to detect sarcocystosis, many are too time-consuming for routine
use in abattoirs and meat inspection centres, where large numbers of samples need to be
tested. Current establish method (transmission electron microscope) for Sarcocystis spp.
identification is expensive and time-consuming. Alternatively, tissue compression
technique can rapidly detect sarcocysts in tissue samples. Additionally, cysts
measurement in corroboration with genotyping of 18S rDNA allows comprehensive
species identification. Sequences of Sarcocystis spp. can also be analysed via
phylogenetic tree to provide better understanding of the evolution of Sarcocystis spp.
corresponding to the respective intermediate hosts. Furthermore, phylogeny analysis
enables effective species differentiation of sarcocyst, especially for those closely related
species that are morphologically similar. Tissue samples of cattle and goats were
collected from the Shah Alam abattoir, Selangor. Samples were pre-screened for the
presence of sarcocysts via tissue compression technique (group of unstained (methylene
blue) and stained condition). Positive sample tissues were further confirmed by nested
PCR by targeting the 18S rDNA regions. Statistical calculations were done to determine
the efficacy of stain-based technique compared to the standard unstained technique of
sarcocysts detection in tissue samples. Besides, sarcocysts detected in tissues were
measured for morphometric study and then subjected for genotyping to determine the
identity. Sequences were then used for phylogenetic tree analysis. A total of 583 tissue
samples were collected. Of these, 245 samples were positive under pre-screening phase.
Mc Nemar’s and Cohen kappa analysis show that stain-based technique is able to detect
three-folds higher sarcocysts and it is statistically in concordance with nested PCR
outcome (gold standard). Morphometric study deduced that possibly one Sarcocystis sp.
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infects cattle whereas two species in goats. Molecular BLAST analysis and
morphometric findings confirmed that Sarcocystis cruzi was found in cattle, whereas
goats were infected by Sarcocystis capracanis and Sarcocystis tenella. Phylogenetic
analysis using nine representative sequences confirmed the identity of the two species,
in addition of S. tenella where the corresponding sequences were separated from the
reference gene and formed a subclade. All Sarcocystis spp. found shared dog as a
definitive host. Dogs are often used in cattle farms to monitor the herds. Poor
management in the farmlands potentially boosts up the dynamics of disease
transmission between the hosts. The “S. tenella-like”, maybe refers to Sarcocystis
hircicanis rather than S. tenella where it also uses dogs as a definitive host. Insufficient
or lack of the gene information of S. hircicanis in the GenBank explains the failure of
BLAST to match the 18S rDNA of the Sarcocystis sp. with S. hircicanis.
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