fa عمومى General پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:120%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The aim of this study to investigate the prevalence of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. in domestic dogs and cats in Baghdad city during the period of 2/1/2023 to 30/5/2023, by using microscopic examination, 80 fecal samples collected from dogs (40 samples) and (40 samples) from cats. The results revealed that the total rate of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> infection was 17.5% and 27.5% in dogs and cats respectively by microscopic examination without significant differences (p&ge;0.05). The results showed that male and female (dogs) recorded 20.8% (5/24) and 12.5% (2/16) while in the cats recorded in male and female was 21.4% (3/14) and 30.76% (8/26) respectively rate of infection with Cryptosporidium spp. significant differences (p&ge;0.05).</span></span></span></span></span></span> Cryptosporidium, Dogs, Cats, Modified Ziehl-Neelsen 61 66 http://injvr.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-23&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 K.H. Sabbar 10031947532846001148 10031947532846001148 Yes Faculty of Agriculture, University of Qadisiyah, Qadisiyah, Iraq S.M. Kareem 10031947532846001149 10031947532846001149 No Parasitology Department ,College of Veterinary medicine, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon 51013, Iraq F.H. Abbas 10031947532846001150 10031947532846001150 No Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Qasim Green University, Babil, Iraq W. Amer 10031947532846001151 10031947532846001151 No Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Qasim Green University, Babil, Iraq