{"id":39507,"date":"2025-08-25T20:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/?p=39507"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:11:16","slug":"a-masters-thesis-presented-by-rafah-mohammed-matar-atallah-titled-morphological-and-molecular-characterization-of-cryptosporidium-in-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/2025\/08\/25\/a-masters-thesis-presented-by-rafah-mohammed-matar-atallah-titled-morphological-and-molecular-characterization-of-cryptosporidium-in-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"A master\u2019s thesis presented by Rafah Mohammed Matar Atallah, titled \u201cMorphological and Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium in Sheep\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, held a defense for the master\u2019s thesis entitled \u201cMorphological and Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium in Sheep\u201d, presented by Rafah Mohammed Matar Atallah (Veterinary Parasitology) on Monday, August 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The research investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in fecal and milk samples collected from sheep in Nineveh Province. Microscopic examination revealed several risk factors influencing infection rates. Molecular analysis confirmed three species\u2014C. parvum, C. hominis, and C. ubiquitum\u2014representing the first documented report of these species in sheep in Nineveh. Furthermore, six isolates were deposited in GenBank under the designation RFMN-2024.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee consisted of:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Iman Ghanem Suleiman \u2013 Chair<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Iman Daham Hadi \u2013 Member<\/li>\n<li>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khudhr Jasim Hussein \u2013 Member<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Manal Hamadi Hussein \u2013 Member &amp; Supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After a rigorous and confident defense, the thesis was accepted. 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The research investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in fecal and milk samples collected from sheep in Nineveh Province. Microscopic examination revealed several risk factors influencing infection rates. Molecular analysis confirmed three species\u2014C. parvum, C. hominis, and C. ubiquitum\u2014representing the first documented report of these species in sheep in Nineveh. Furthermore, six isolates were deposited in GenBank under the designation RFMN-2024. The examination committee consisted <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/2025\/08\/25\/a-masters-thesis-presented-by-rafah-mohammed-matar-atallah-titled-morphological-and-molecular-characterization-of-cryptosporidium-in-sheep\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":39509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-viva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39508,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39507\/revisions\/39508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/veterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}