Prevalence of ectoparasites in owned dogs in Kerman city, southeast of Iran

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the intensity and distribution of natural infestation of ectoparasites in owned dogs during June to November 2011 in Kerman city, southeast of Iran. One hundred two domestic dogs (63 males, 39 females) with age ranged between 45 days to 13 years were examined for ectoparasites infestation including (tick, lice, flea and mite) in Kerman city. Detailed questionnaire about grooming and bathing interval, keeping place (outdoor, indoor) and purpose of keeping were obtained from owners. After complete skin examination, animals hairs were combed and their skin rubbed with a piece of cotton soaked in alcohol to remove the ectoparasites in apparently normal cases, and deep skin scratching were prepared from all type of lesions in symptomatic dogs. A total number of 149 ectoparasites were collected. The most common ectoparasite was Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick, which infested 27 of the 102 dogs (26.47 %). Ctenocephalides canis was identified on two dogs (1.96 %) and 5 dogs infested with Hippobosca spp (4.9 %) that the highest infestation rate was seen in September (14.2 %). Studied samples were routinely checked for clinical symptoms. Itching and scratching lesions were the only reported signs which seen in flea infested dogs (6.4 %) and other infested dogs (93.5 %) had no clinical symptoms. Ectoparasites were significantly higher in outdoor dogs in compare with indoor group and the most tick infested location was ear (61.3 %) (P \ 0.05).

Surveillance of ectoparasite of dogs in the State of Tripura

“…Category-wise prevalence of ectoparasites showed statistically significant difference (p<0.05) among stray dogs (79.80%), working dogs (71.77%) and household dogs (58.20%) (Table 1). The higher prevalence of ectoparasite in stray dogs was also reported by Ananda and Adeppa, (2017) [2] from Karnataka and Mirzaei et al (2016) [18] from Iran also found dogs living outdoors (80.0%) were infested higher than the dogs living indoor.The reason may be due to higher chance of susceptible dog close contact with infested dog, and a practice of keeping pet dogs under better management in comparison to stray dogs which have free wandering behavior and close contact with other street dogs.…”

Prevalence of single and mixed parasitic infections of dogs in Egbeda communities, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

“…The presence of ectoparasites in most of the dogs examined presents a major risk of infestation for their owners and for other animals. Ticks had the highest prevalence in this study and these results are consistent with other studies from Iran and Nigeria (Mirzaei et al, 2014;Omonijo & Sowemimo, 2017;Babamale et al, 2018), however, our study did not reveal a particular reason for the higher prevalence of H. leachii over R. sanguineus.…”

The Effect of Tylosin Drug on Cryptosporidiosis in Stray Dogs of Tabriz and Its Importance in Public Health

“…In this study, the intestinal protozoan in question was Cryptosporidium parvum, which is pathogenic to both dogs and humans (11,12). According to the results of this study in Tabriz, 8% of the tested stool samples were infected with Cryptosporidium.…”

“…In a study in South Africa, the prevalence of dogs infected with Cryptosporidium was 44%, with 46.2% in stray dogs and 41.7% in pet dogs (17,18). Although there are differences between reports of infection in dogs in Iran, it should be noted that infection with different species of Cryptosporidium is relatively common in Iran (12,19).…”