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- Title
Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Stray Dogs from a Farming and Cattle Region of Northwestern Mexico.
- Authors
Trasviña-Muñoz, Enrique; López-Valencia, Gilberto; Monge-Navarro, Francisco Javier; Herrera-Ramírez, José Carlomán; Haro, Paulina; Gómez-Gómez, Sergio Daniel; Mercado-Rodríguez, Julio Alfonso; Flores-Dueñas, Cesar Augusto; Cueto-Gonzalez, Sergio Arturo; Burquez-Escobedo, Mariel
- Abstract
Stray dogs are one of the main reservoirs of intestinal parasitic infections and some have zoonotic potential. An epidemiological survey was carried out between September 2017 and May 2018 in Mexicali Valley, this area sacrifices around 92,470 head of cattle monthly, which represents 27% of the national slaughter and has 71,307 hectares for crops. In this period the Municipal Animal Control Center during their routine visits to the Mexicali Valley captured 103 dogs. All the dogs were evaluated using copromicroscopic techniques to detect intestinal parasites. The general frequency of parasitic infections was 28.15% (29/103), the most frequent parasite being Dipylidium caninum 16.50% (17/103), followed by Taenia spp. 6.79% (7/103), Taenia hydatigena 2.91% (3/103), Taenia serialis 0.97% (1/103), Taenia pisiformis (0.97%),Toxocara canis 3.88% (4/103), Toxascaris leonina 1.94% (2/103), and Cystoisospora spp. 1.94% (2/103). No significant statistical associations were found between parasitic infections and the studied variables (sex, age, and size) however; there was a significant statistical association with the capture area. Most of the parasites found in this survey have potential to affect the human population and animal production.
- Subjects
MEXICALI (Mexico); MEXICO; INTESTINAL parasites; FERAL dogs; DOG parasites; NEOSPORA caninum; PARASITIC diseases; ANIMAL populations; DIROFILARIA immitis
- Publication
Pathogens, 2020, Vol 9, Issue 7, p516
- ISSN
2076-0817
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pathogens9070516