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Volume 15 (2):131-135, 2011. Redacted
2017.
Prevalence of helminths in stray dogs in Southeast Iran
Mohammad Hossein Radfar,
PhD*¹, Baharak Akhtardanesh², PhD, Mahdi Zanghaie, MS¹
1Department(s)
of Parasitology and ²Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar, University of
Kerman, Iran
ABSTRACT
Radfar MH, Akhtardanesh B, Zanghaie M.,
Helminths, Prevalence of helminths in stray dogs from southeast Iran, Online J
Vet Res., 15
(2): 131-135, 2011. Parasites were counted from the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract, heart, kidney, lung, and liver of 98 post-mortem stray dogs in southeast
Iran. Helminths were found in 74.5% of the dogs but only in the GI tract. Cestodes 73.45%, nematodes
5.1%, and acanthocephala 1.02% including Taenia hydatigena
(53.06%), Dipylidium caninum
(36.73%), Echinococcus granulosus
(9.18%), Taenia multiceps
(3.06%), Mesocestoides lineatus
(2.04%), Toxocara canis
(3.06%), Uncinaria stenocephala
(1.02%), Physaloptera rara
(1.02%), Spirocerca lupi
(1.02%), and Macracanthorhynchus sp (1.02%) were counted. Sex nor age were related with
infestation rates.
Keywords: Helminthes, Prevalence, Stray dogs, Zoonoses, Iran.
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