Gastrointestinal parasites of pet dogs in Urmia city
2010
Tavassoli, M., Islamic Azad University Urmia Branch, Urmia Iran | Javadi, Sh., Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran | Soltanalinejad, F., Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran | Rosouli, S., Islamic Azad University. Urmia Branch | Etminanfar, R., Private Practitioner, Iranmehr Clinic, Urmia Iran
To determine gastrointestinal parasites of pet dogs of Urmia this study was carried out in a peroid of 14 months form April 2005 to June 2006. Two hundered and six fecal samples i.e; 169 and 37 samples from male and female dogs respectively, were collected from small animal's clinics of Urmia city. The dogs were studeied in two age groups of iu 6 months and 6 months included number of 60 and 146 respectively. The results indicated that 71(34.46%) of the specimens have been infected at least by one parasite. The parasites were identified as follows: Giardia and Cryptosporidium 6(2.6%), Hook worm and Toxacara spp 6 (2.91%) and Hook worm, Toxacara spp, Isospora spp 27(13.1%), 20(9.7%) and 3(1.45%), respectively. In this survey 2(0.97%) were infected to cestoda. Majority of the dog owners (82.2%) were not found to be aware of the potential risk of canine parasites to human health and their knowledge were found unsatisfactory.
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