Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow
A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for intestinal parasitic diseases has been conducted over a period of 6 years. According to the study, parasitic infections caused by intestinal protozo...
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| description | A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for intestinal parasitic diseases has been conducted over a period of 6 years. According to the study, parasitic infections caused by intestinal protozoa are found in pet animals more frequently than by intestinal helminths. Although dogs and cats exhibit the highest level of diversity of intestinal parasite species, in the group of exotic animals, helminth infection are found much less frequently and parasitic fauna is represented mostly by intestinal protozoa with a high percentage of mixed infection. The most widespread helminth infeсtion of dogs and cats is toxocarosis (respectively 2.5 and 5.7 %) and the most widespread protozoan infection is Giardia sp. (9.8 and 4.6 %). Giardia sp. was found in 47.4 % of chinchillas, Cryptosporidium sp. was more frequently found in ferrets (6.55 %), protozoa from the family Trichomonadida was found in guinea pigs (9 %), Eimeria sp. in rabbits (13.9 %), Acanthocephala in primates (15.7 %), and eggs from the generaOxyurida (59 %), along with protozoa from the family Trichomonadida, in reptiles. Capillaria sp. was most prevalent in hedgehogs (33.4 %). Acanthocephala eggs, as well as protozoa from the Giardia and Entamoeba genera, were more frequently found in primates. Parasites common to animals and humans, which may become a source of infection for the latter under certain conditions, have been identified in pet animals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c1c8949584a4935a03a7739b310becf2023-08-02T07:27:07ZengSciendoHelminthologia0440-66051336-90832019-06-0156210811710.2478/helm-2019-0007helm-2019-0007Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in MoscowKurnosova O. P.0Arisov M. V.1Odoyevskaya I. M.2All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin - Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Federal Scientific Center - All- Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K.I. Skryabin and Y.R. Kovalenko the Russian Academy of Sciences», 28, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya street, Moscow, Russia, 117218All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin - Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Federal Scientific Center - All- Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K.I. Skryabin and Y.R. Kovalenko the Russian Academy of Sciences», 28, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya street, Moscow, Russia, 117218All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin - Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Federal Scientific Center - All- Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine named after K.I. Skryabin and Y.R. Kovalenko the Russian Academy of Sciences», 28, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya street, Moscow, Russia, 117218A study screening pet animals (dogs, cats, chinchillas, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, primates, reptiles, and hedgehogs) within Moscow city limits for intestinal parasitic diseases has been conducted over a period of 6 years. According to the study, parasitic infections caused by intestinal protozoa are found in pet animals more frequently than by intestinal helminths. Although dogs and cats exhibit the highest level of diversity of intestinal parasite species, in the group of exotic animals, helminth infection are found much less frequently and parasitic fauna is represented mostly by intestinal protozoa with a high percentage of mixed infection. The most widespread helminth infeсtion of dogs and cats is toxocarosis (respectively 2.5 and 5.7 %) and the most widespread protozoan infection is Giardia sp. (9.8 and 4.6 %). Giardia sp. was found in 47.4 % of chinchillas, Cryptosporidium sp. was more frequently found in ferrets (6.55 %), protozoa from the family Trichomonadida was found in guinea pigs (9 %), Eimeria sp. in rabbits (13.9 %), Acanthocephala in primates (15.7 %), and eggs from the generaOxyurida (59 %), along with protozoa from the family Trichomonadida, in reptiles. Capillaria sp. was most prevalent in hedgehogs (33.4 %). Acanthocephala eggs, as well as protozoa from the Giardia and Entamoeba genera, were more frequently found in primates. Parasites common to animals and humans, which may become a source of infection for the latter under certain conditions, have been identified in pet animals.https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0007petsintestinal parasiteshelminthsprotozoaprevalence of infectionmoscowrussia |
| spellingShingle | Kurnosova O. P. Arisov M. V. Odoyevskaya I. M. Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow Helminthologia pets intestinal parasites helminths protozoa prevalence of infection moscow russia |
| title | Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow |
| title_full | Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow |
| title_fullStr | Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow |
| title_short | Intestinal parasites of pets and other house-kept animals in Moscow |
| title_sort | intestinal parasites of pets and other house kept animals in moscow |
| topic | pets intestinal parasites helminths protozoa prevalence of infection moscow russia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0007 |
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