<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for intestinal parasitic diseases has been conducted over a period of 6 years. According to the study, parasitic infections caused by intestinal protozoa are found in pet animals more frequently than by intestinal helminths. Although dogs and cats exhibit the highest level of diversity of intestinal parasite species, in the group of exotic animals, helminth infection are found much less frequently and parasitic fauna is represented mostly by intestinal protozoa with a high percentage of mixed infection. The most widespread helminth infeсtion of dogs and cats is toxocarosis (respectively 2.5 and 5.7 %) and the most widespread protozoan infection is <italic>Giardia</italic> sp. (9.8 and 4.6 %). <italic>Giardia</italic> sp. was found in 47.4 % of chinchillas, <italic>Cryptosporidium</italic> sp. was more frequently found in ferrets (6.55 %), protozoa from the family Trichomonadida was found in guinea pigs (9 %), <italic>Eimeria</italic> sp. in rabbits (13.9 %), <italic>Acanthocephal</italic>a in primates (15.7 %), and eggs from the genera<italic>Oxyurida</italic> (59 %), along with protozoa from the family Trichomonadida, in reptiles. <italic>Capillaria</italic> sp. was most prevalent in hedgehogs (33.4 %). <italic>Acanthocephala</italic> eggs, as well as protozoa from the <italic>Giardia</italic> and <italic>Entamoeba</italic> genera, were more frequently found in primates. Parasites common to animals and humans, which may become a source of infection for the latter under certain conditions, have been identified in pet animals.</p></abstract>

A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for intestinal parasitic diseases has been conducted over a period of 6 years. According to the study, parasitic infections caused by intestinal protozoa are found in pet animals more frequently than by intestinal helminths. Although dogs and cats exhibit the highest level of diversity of intestinal parasite species, in the group of exotic animals, helminth infection are found much less frequently and parasitic fauna is represented mostly by intestinal protozoa with a high percentage of mixed infection. The most widespread helminth infeсtion of dogs and cats is toxocarosis (respectively 2.5 and 5.7 %) and the most widespread protozoan infection is Giardia sp. (9.8 and 4.6 %). Giardia sp. was found in 47.4 % of chinchillas, Cryptosporidium sp. was more frequently found in ferrets (6.55 %), protozoa from the family Trichomonadida was found in guinea pigs (9 %), Eimeria sp. in rabbits (13.9 %), Acanthocephala in primates (15.7 %), and eggs from the generaOxyurida (59 %), along with protozoa from the family Trichomonadida, in reptiles. Capillaria sp. was most prevalent in hedgehogs (33.4 %). Acanthocephala eggs, as well as protozoa from the Giardia and Entamoeba genera, were more frequently found in primates. Parasites common to animals and humans, which may become a source of infection for the latter under certain conditions, have been identified in pet animals.

Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow

Helminthologia

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A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for...

Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow

Publié en ligne: 04 mai 2019

Pages: 108 - 117

Reçu: 23 août 2018

Accepté: 01 mars 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0007

Mots clés
pets, intestinal parasites, helminths, protozoa, prevalence of infection, Moscow, Russia

© 2019 O. P. Kurnosova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow

Publié en ligne: 04 mai 2019

Pages: 108 - 117

Reçu: 23 août 2018

Accepté: 01 mars 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0007

Mots cléspets, intestinal parasites, helminths, protozoa, prevalence of infection, Moscow, Russia

© 2019 O. P. Kurnosova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
pets, intestinal parasites, helminths, protozoa, prevalence of infection, Moscow, Russia