Survey of gastrointestinal helminth fauna in dogs in the capital of Mazandaran province

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

morteza valinezhad ¹ , Fatemeh zahra Gharib ² , taher elmi ³

1 - . Resident of small animal internal medicine, Science and research branch, Islamic Azad University. Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of clinical sciences,veterinary faculty, babol branch, islamic azad university, babol, iran
3 - Assistant professor, Department of laboratory science, Babol branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

Received: 2024-02-19 Accepted : 2024-05-15 Published : 2024-08-25

Keywords: Mazandaran, Helminth fauna, Zoonosis, Dog,

Abstract :

Due to not receiving proper treatment or not following the principles of animal shelter, dogs are at risk of contracting various infections, including parasitic ones. Some of the parasitic infections of dogs, including echinococcosis and toxocariasis, are a serious threat to human health due to their zoonosis, so in the present study, we examined the level of infection with gastrointestinal helminths in dogs in the capital of Mazandaran province. In this cross-sectional study, 120 stool samples The dog was collected from June 1400 to June 1401. After recording the dogs' characteristics, clinical symptoms and drug history, the stool samples were analyzed for the detection of parasitic worm eggs by direct method and formalin-ether. Finally, the data were statistically analyzed using SPSS version 22 software. The results showed that the infection with gastrointestinal parasites was 14.2%, in which Toxocara with a frequency of 5% and Hookworms with a frequency of 1.67% were the highest and the lowest percentage reported respectively. Also, the results showed that the contamination of gastrointestinal parasites in domestic dogs was significantly lower than in dogs from shelter (p<0.05). There is a significant prevalence and risks of common worms between humans and animals in domestic dogs and shelters in Mazandaran province. Therefore, understanding the epidemiology of zoonotic parasite infection is essential for access to health care for both domestic animals and human health.

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