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- Title
Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of pet and stray dogs as a potential risk for human health in Bahir Dar town, north-western Ethiopia.
- Authors
Abere, Tadiwos; Bogale, Basaznew; Melaku, Achenef
- Abstract
Aim: Across-sectional study was carried out from November 2011 to April 2012 to determine the prevalence and species of gastrointestinal (GI) helminth parasites in pet and stray dogs as a potential risk for human health in Bahir Dar town, northwestern Ethiopia. Materials and Methods: A total of 384 and 46 faecal samples were collected from pet and stray dogs, respectively and examined by using standard coprologic techniques. Results: The overall prevalence of GI helminth infection in pet and stray dogs was 75.26 and 84.78%, respectively. The detected parasites with their frequencies in pet dogs were Ancylostoma caninum (78.89%), Toxocara canis (39.79%), Dipylidium caninum (29.75%), Strongyloides stercoralis (29.06%), Taeniidae (23.87%) and Trichuris vulpis (7.95%). Stray dogs were found more likely to be polyparasitized and presented higher prevalence of A. caninum, T. canis, S. stercoralis, Trichuris vulpis and Taeniidae (P< 0.05) than domiciled ones. Diphyllobothrium latum was detected only in 10.25% of stray dogs. Toxocara canis and A. caninum (P< 0.05) were detected more frequently in dogs with less than 6 months of age (P < 0.05) than old age dogs. The sex or breed groups didn't significantly affect the prevalence of parasites. Asignificant variation was recorded (P < 0.05) between different feeding systems where higher prevalence was observed in uncontrolled feeding group (82.18%) compared to controlled feeding (32.08%). Conclusion: Different gastrointestinal parasites in pet and stray dogs were identified in the study area that can potentially infect humans and cause serious public-health problems. Thus, concerted efforts should therefore be made to educate dog owners to embrace modern dog disease control programs and measures have to be taken on stray dogs.
- Subjects
BAHIR Dar (Ethiopia); HELMINTHS; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH risk assessment; DISEASE prevalence; ANCYLOSTOMA; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Veterinary World, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 7, p388
- ISSN
0972-8988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5455/vetworld.2013.388-392