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A survey of gastrointestinal helminths in cats of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Norma Labarthe; Maria Lucia Serrão; Ana Maria R Ferreira; Núbia K.O Almeida; Jorge Guerrero is a Immunology and Microbiology article available to read on EtoBox.
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The prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites in 135 cats over 1 year of age and inhabiting the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was investigated by necropsy. These animals had two distinct origins: 99 cats (29 males and 70 females) were derived by capture in public areas (feral/stray) and 36 (12 males and 24 females) from shelters. The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites was 89.6%. The following parasites, with their respective prevalence in parenthesis, were found: Dipylidium caninum (52.6%), Ancylostoma braziliense (65.9%), Ancylostoma tubaeforme (8.9%), Toxocara cati (25.2%), Toxascaris leonina (11.9%), Physaloptera praeputialis (9.6%). Concurrent infections with two or more parasites were recorded in 59.5% of the individuals. Of the 121 parasitized cats, 94 were feral/strays and 27 were from shelters. Among feral/stray cats, 80 were infected with A. braziliense (85%) and 17 of the shelter felids were infected with D. caninum (63%). Feral/stray cats had higher worm intensities (6411/94-68.2) than shelter cats (992/27-36.7). The helminth parasites most frequently found in feral/stray cats were Ancylostoma braziliense (47.5%)
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- Author
- Norma Labarthe; Maria Lucia Serrão; Ana Maria R Ferreira; Núbia K.O Almeida; Jorge Guerrero
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)