Prevalence of intestinal parasite infections in stray and farm dogs from Spain
| Autor: | Javier Moreno-Gonzalo, Mercedes Gómez-Bautista, Javier Regidor-Cerrillo, Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora, Susana Pedraza-Díaz, David Arranz-Solís, Esther Collantes-Fernández |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España), Complutense University of Madrid (España) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Farms Trichuris 040301 veterinary sciences Cryptosporidium DNA prevalence Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium Intestinal parasite medicine.disease_cause SF1-1100 0403 veterinary science Feces 03 medical and health sciences Human health Dogs coprology parasitic diseases medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Dog Diseases Intestinal Diseases Parasitic Intestinal parasites General Veterinary Ancylostomatidae biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Animal culture Spain Parasitology farm dogs Toxascaris stray dogs |
| Zdroj: | Repisalud Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Vol 29, Iss 3 (2020) |
| Popis: | Dogs play a potential role as reservoirs for zoonotic parasites, being especially problematic uncontrolled dog populations such as stray and farm dogs with access to populated areas. In order to investigate the prevalence of canine intestinal parasites in at-risk dog populations, we tested a total of 233 faecal samples shed by stray and dairy farm dogs from northern Spain. Telemann method was used to detect the presence of eggs and (oo)cysts of common dog intestinal parasites and Cryptosporidium was detected by PCR. One hundred and forty eight out of 233 samples (63.5%) were positive for at least one intestinal parasite, being Ancylostomidae (35.6%; 83/233) and Trichuris (35.2%; 82/233) the parasites most frequently identified. Cryptosporidium DNA was not detected in any of the faecal samples analysed. The overall prevalence was significantly higher in stray dogs than in farm dogs (72.5% vs 58.8%). Specifically, stray dogs had a significantly higher prevalence of Ancylostomatidae, Toxocara, Toxascaris and Taenidae. These dog populations are an important source of environmental contamination with intestinal parasite forms, which could be of significance to animal and human health. This work was supported by project PR1/06-14467-B (Complutense University of Madrid) Sí |
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