Prevalence of Protozoan Diseases in Pet Dogs at District Veterinary Hospital, Sirajganj, Bangladesh

Mahmud, Md. Abdullah Al; Belal, S. M. S. H.; Uddin, Fahim

doi:10.3329/bjvm.v12i2.21290

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“…In different parts of the world the prevalence rate was higher than the present study as: Cuba 44.3% (Puebla et al, 2015); Nepal 46.7% (Satyal et al, 2013); Kandy district 90% (Perera et al, 2013). The prevalence documented in Mexico 26.5% (Chable et al, 2015; Bangladesh 22.4% (Mahmud et al, 2014;Iran 19.1% (Kohansal et al, 2017) was lower than all other studies conducted. Helminths reported in this study may be transmittable through the consumption of uncooked vegetables irrigated by water polluted by human feces and/or ingestion of faecally contaminated soil (Adanir and Tascl, 2013).…”

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Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

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Data on environmental contamination of the parasites of zoonotic importance is scarce in Pakistan. Soil contamination with feces of dogs hide infective stages of the parasite represents a health-risk to humans. This study was aimed to assess the eggs of gastrointestinal parasites of stray dogs and household dogs in lower Dir district, Pakistan with special consideration to those that can be spread to humans. One hundred and fifty two stool specimens from (stray dogs=90 and household dogs=62) were collected. The helminth eggs were processed by direct smear method and centrifugation techniques and identified by microscopic examination. Of the total examined dogs 26.8% (n=41 /152) were found to be infected with one or more intestinal parasites. The intestinal helminths detected were Dipylidium caninum (n =18, 11.8%), followed by Toxocara canis (n =16, 10.5%), Taenia spp., (n=10, 6.57%) Ancylostoma caninum (n=6, 3.94), Toxascaris spp., Capillaria spp., and Trichuris vulpis (n=2, 1.31% each) in order of their prevalence. Pattern of infection revealed that 27 (65.8%) dogs have single, 13(31.7%) double and 1(2.43%) triple infection. The stray dogs were highly infected 34.4% (n=31) than house hold dogs 16.1% (n=10). The prevalence of infection with intestinal parasites was significantly different among these two groups (p = 0.0097). This study highlight a severe environmental contamination by frequent parasitic stages infectious to humans. There is a higher risk of zoonotic transmission from dogs which indicate an immediate need for the controlling of these parasites and educating the public to take wise action relating to the parasites and pets.

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Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

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“…This is relatively high level of infection; and comparable to the report of Adejinmi and Osayomi (2010). This finding is higher than the reports from various areas: Martinez-Moreno et al 2007, Gingrich et al (2010), Mahmud et al (2014) and Mirzaei (2010) who reported 12.11%, 13.4%, 21.7% and13.26% from Spain, Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, Bangladesh and Iran, respectively. Such differences in the prevalence of enteric protozoa could be due to variation in geographic location, owners' awareness and the number of stray dogs' population in an area.…”

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Enteric protozoa of dogs: prevalence, associated risk factors and owners’ awareness in and around Hawassa town, Ethiopia

Mekibib¹,

Sheferaw²

2018

Ethiop. Vet. J.

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Dogs are reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens and pose a significant health risk to humans in most parts of the world. A cross sectional study design was used to estimate the prevalence of enteric protozoal parasites in dogs, to assess the associated risk factors and the level of owners' awareness about zoonotic implications of enteric protozoa parasites in selected subcities of Hawassa town from October 2015 to June 2016. A total of 340 faecal samples were collected and examined for enteric protozoa using flotation techniques. Of these, 171 (50.3%) dogs were infected with one or more genera of enteric protozoa parasites. The parasites identified were Sarcocyst (28.5%), Isospora (20.6%), Cryptosporidium (8.5%), Neospora (8.2%) and Giardia (5.6%). About 34.5% of the examined dogs were infected with two to four enteric protozoa parasites. The overall prevalence of enteric protozoa parasites was significantly higher in younger dogs (χ 2 = 20.21, p< 0.05), semi-confined (χ 2 = 5.63, p< 0.05) and stray dogs (χ 2 = 23.01, p< 0.05). The prevalence of Sarcocyst (χ 2 = 14.45, p< 0.05), Isospora (χ 2 = 4.38, p< 0.05) and Neospora (χ 2 = 4.31, p< 0.05) was significantly higher in stray dogs as compared to owned dogs. Most of respondents and dog owners' (76.5%), had no awareness on zoonotic enteric protozoa parasites of dogs. But 32.8% and 23.2% the respondents' children hug and play with dogs, respectively. Most of them (71.7%) feed their dogs with uncooked butcher leftover and/or offals. About 66.2% of them dispose of dogs' feces with garbage. Therefore, extension works for public education to improve public awareness on parasitic zoonoses, is very helpful to reduce the problem to the possible minimum level. Moreover, a close collaboration between veterinarians and public health professionals is highly helpful.

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“…It has been reported that ectoparasitic infestation (tick infestation 11.88%, flea infestation 9.84% and mange 3.76%) cases were highest among the all reported clinical diseases in pet dog (Tarafder and Samad, 2010). Mahmud et al (2014) reported overall prevalence of protozoan diseases was 22.42% at Sirajganj, Bangladesh. So, this study was undertaken with the following objectives: to determine the overall prevalence of clinical diseases and conditions of pet animals at SAQVH, CVASU, Chittagong, Bangladesh; to know the prevalence of diseases and conditions in relation to age, sex, breed, affected systems of the body and etiology of pet animal's diseases (dog, cat and rabbit).…”

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“…The prevalence of infectious diseases and conditions of domestic animals and birds has already been performed in various regions of Bangladesh (Tarafder and Samad, 2010;Mahmud et al, 2014). But very few studies have been reported on the prevalence of clinical diseases and conditions in pet animals ( (Parvez et al, 2014).…”

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Epidemiological Investigation of Clinical Diseases and Conditions of Pet Animals at Chittagong City Area, Bangladesh

Yadav¹,

Zuhra²,

Rahman³

et al. 2017

Bangl. J. Vet. Med.

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This study was conducted to estimate the proportional prevalence of clinical diseases and conditions in pet animals (dog, cat, and rabbit) attended at S. A. Quaderi Teaching Veterinary Hospital, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Chittagong, Bangladesh. A total of 388 cases of different clinical diseases and conditions were recorded during the study period from October 2016 to January 2017. Among them the overall proportional prevalence of clinical diseases and conditions in dog, cat and rabbit were 44.32%, 34.28% and 21.39% respectively. The medicinal case comprises the highest percentage of diseases as 79.07% and 66.92% in dog and cat, respectively. Among the medicinal cases parasitic diseases were most frequently encountered both in dog (24.42%) and cat (23.31%). Whereas, prevalence of surgical cases were 16.28% in dog and 31.58% in cat and gynecological cases were 4.65% in dog and 1.50% in cat. In rabbit, prevalence of traumatic injuries and fractures were 16.87% followed by mange 12.06%. The parasitic cases were highest in all of the clinical diseases and conditions. So, proper prevention and therapeutic management should be taken to reduce the prevalence of parasitic diseases of pet animals. Immunoprophylaxis or vaccination and hygienic management should be performed to curb the infectious diseases. Further extensive epidemiologic, laboratory or molecular studies are also needed for the appropriate prevention and control measures of diseases and conditions of pet animals in study area.

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Prevalence of Protozoan Diseases in Pet Dogs at District Veterinary Hospital, Sirajganj, Bangladesh

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Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

Enteric protozoa of dogs: prevalence, associated risk factors and owners’ awareness in and around Hawassa town, Ethiopia

Epidemiological Investigation of Clinical Diseases and Conditions of Pet Animals at Chittagong City Area, Bangladesh

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