![]() | Only 14 pages are availabe for public view |
Abstract This study include 87 diseased calves suffering - from gastrointestinal disturbances (vomition, diarrhoea and colic), ten (10) apparently healthy calves, 53 diseased persons (from attendance of the farm) previously diagnosed as hepatitis persons and having gastrointestinal disturbances and (10) ten normal persons. Isolation and identification of H. pylori were done to detect the prevalence of the infection in human and calves. The results showed that the incidence in calves reached 9.19% by the cultural method. The incidence in diseased patients reached 50.9% by biopsy urease test and 41.5% by the cultural method. While the incidence in the apparently healthy reached 30% by biopsy urease test and 40% by cultural methods. The use of ELISA (indirect method) on the serum samples of diseased calves revealed that 17 samples were positive and harbouring the specific Helicobacter pylori antibodies with a percentage of (19.54%) and 30% in the apparently healthy calves. On the other hand, the results of ELISA in the sera of diseased patients revealed that 36 samples were positive for the presence of H. pylori antibodies with a percentage of (67.9%) and 40% in apparently healthy attendance. |