A survey of gastrointestinal helminths in cats of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A survey study on gastrointestinal parasites of stray cats in Azarshahr, (East Azerbaijan province, Iran)

“…In our study, the prevalence of the D. caninum was 58 %, which is compatible with the findings of the previous studies done in Brazil (52.6) (Labarthe et al 2004) and Iran (68.1 and 49.5 %) (Arbabi and Hooshyar 2009;Zibaei et al 2007), However, the prevalence of this parasite was higher than the previously recorded rates by other surveys from various countries (Borji et al 2011;Calvete et al 1998;Canto et al 2013;Dalimi and Mobedi 1992;Jittapalapong et al 2007;Khalafalla 2011;Lefkaditis et al 2014;Raji et al 2013;Ramos et al 2013). High prevalence of this parasite in resent survey could be due to the fact that D. caninum requires fleas as intermediary hosts and cats infected after ingesting infected fleas (Labarthe et al 2004). T. hydatigera prevalence of 24 % found in the current study was higher than that reported by Borji et al (2011) Furthermore, compared with some previous studies, such as; 5 % in Egypt (Khalafalla 2011), 7.69 and12.9 % in Iran (Borji et al 2011;Zibaei et al 2007), 11.9 % in Brazil (Labarthe et al 2004), 1 % in Mexico (Canto et al 2013), 3.33 % in Nigeria (Raji et al 2013), the prevalence of T. leonine was higher (30 %).…”

“…Coman attribute the prevalence of this cestode with the importance of rodent in the diet of these cats (Coman 1972). In our study, the prevalence of the D. caninum was 58 %, which is compatible with the findings of the previous studies done in Brazil (52.6) (Labarthe et al 2004) and Iran (68.1 and 49.5 %) (Arbabi and Hooshyar 2009;Zibaei et al 2007), However, the prevalence of this parasite was higher than the previously recorded rates by other surveys from various countries (Borji et al 2011;Calvete et al 1998;Canto et al 2013;Dalimi and Mobedi 1992;Jittapalapong et al 2007;Khalafalla 2011;Lefkaditis et al 2014;Raji et al 2013;Ramos et al 2013). High prevalence of this parasite in resent survey could be due to the fact that D. caninum requires fleas as intermediary hosts and cats infected after ingesting infected fleas (Labarthe et al 2004).…”

“…Moreover, the most common helminth parasites, detected in our study, were M. lineatus (78 %) and T. cati (78 %). The prevalence of T. cati infection was higher than the estimated prevalence previously found in Christmas Island (53.57 %) (Adams et al 2008), Northern Germany (27.1 %) (Becker et al 2012), Spain (55.2 %) (Calvete et al 1998), Mexico (3 %) (Canto et al 2013), Hungary (17.4 %) (Capari et al 2013), Thailand (3.5 %) (Jittapalapong et al 2007), Egypt (9 %) (Khalafalla 2011), India (4 %) (Krecek et al 2010), Brazil (25.2 %) (Labarthe et al 2004), Greece (18.14 %) (Lefkaditis et al 2014), Spain (35 %) (Millan and Casanova 2009), Romania (20.3 %) (Mircean et al 2010), Australia (3.2 %), (Palmer et al 2008), Nigeria (16.67 %) (Raji et al 2013), England (34.8 %) (Nichol et al 1981), Brazil (4.11 %) (Ramos (Riggio et al 2013), Argentina (61.2 %) (Sommerfelt et al 2006), Northern Italy (33.1 %) (Spada et al 2013), as well as in Iranian contexts including Shiraz (42.6 %) (Zibaei et al 2007), Northern Iran (44 %) (Sharif et al 2007), Mashhad (28.84 %) (Borji et al 2011), North of Iran (8 %) (Changizi et al 2007), Isfahan (13 %) (Jamshidi et al 2002), Tehran (42.31 %) (Mirzayans 1973), Kashan (13.3) (Arbabi and Hooshyar 2009), Ahvaz (8.3 %), Tehran (23 %) (Bahadori et al 2004), However, similar prevalence of T. cati infection has been recorded in Denmark (79 %) by Engbaek et al (1984). The most likely reasons for the increased prevalence of T. cati in our studies were the poor hygiene, lack of anthelmintics drug used in stray cats, the presence of high humidity, and moderate temperatures (Arbabi and Hooshyar 2009).…”

“…Various factors likes influence on the parasitic burden in stray cats; geographical region, season of the year, administration of antiparasitic treatment and factors related to population parameters (age, sex, breed) (Mircean et al 2010). Previous studies have usually recorded a high prevalence of parasites in stray and feral cats (Adams et al 2008;Becker et al 2012;Calvete et al 1998;Canto et al 2013;Capari et al 2013;Coman 1972;Duarte et al 2010;Engbaek et al 1984;Jittapalapong et al 2007;Khalafalla 2011;Krecek et al 2010;Labarthe et al 2004;Lefkaditis et al 2014;Millan and Casanova 2009;Ramos et al 2013;Riggio et al 2013;Stoichev et al 1982). In Iran, little is known about the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in stray cats.…”

Case Report. Internal transcribed spacer sequence based molecular confirmation and drug efficacy assessment against Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1909) infection in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

“…Various reports had also been documented for its concurrent infections with other ascarids including Toxocara cati (Labarthe et al, 2004;Dalimi et al, 2006;Dubna et al, 2007;Reperant et al, 2007;Itoh et al, 2011) and T. canis (Reperant et al, 2007) in domestic and wild carnivores. The parasite possesses signifi cant zoonotic potential and larvae of T. leonina can invade the tissues of laboratory animals (Despommier, 2003).…”