Helminth burden in stray cats from Thessaloniki, Greece
| Autor: | A. Panorias, Anna Sossidou, A. Rodi-Buriel, Menelaos Lefkaditis, Anamaria Ioana Paştiu, T. G. Eleftheriadis, Vasile Cozma, Andrei Daniel Mihalca |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Veterinary medicine
Medicine (General) Toxascaris leonina biology Agriculture (General) greece Taenia taeniaeformis Intestinal parasite biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause intestinal helminths S1-972 Toxocara cati R5-920 Ancylostoma stray cats parasitic diseases medicine Helminths Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology Dipylidium caninum Feces |
| Zdroj: | Helminthologia, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 73-76 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1336-9083 0440-6605 |
| Popis: | To get an overview on the prevalence of intestinal helminths, between 2010 and 2012, fecal samples from 215 stray cats from area of Thessaloniki, Greece, were tested by coprological methods. From the total number of fecal samples examined, 55.8 % were infected with at least one intestinal parasite and 16.3 % had co-infection. Five different parasite species were found. The most prevalent helminth was Dipylidium caninum (39.53 %), followed by Toxocara cati (18.14 %), Ancylostoma spp. (11.63 %), Taenia taeniaeformis (8.37 %) and Toxascaris leonina (0.93 %). The results showed that A. tubaeforme and T. taeniaeformis were more prevalent in males, while D. caninum, T. cati and T. leonina in female cats, without statistical significance. The prevalence of Ancylostoma spp. and T. cati were significantly higher in young cats (< 1 year old) than in adults (> 1 year old). The most common association was between D. caninum and T. cati. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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