Gastrointestinal helminth parasites in stray cats from the mid-Ebro Valley, Spain

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

“…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.…”

“…In as much as they, harbor a wide variety of parasites which can be detrimental to their and human health (Calvete et al 1998;Hille et al 2014;Krecek et al 2010;Ramos et al 2013;Scorza et al 2011;Silaghi et al 2014), and also represent potential reservoirs of helminthic parasites to domestic cats and human, especially in urban areas (Hille et al 2014;Polak et al 2014;Youssef and Uga 2014). Besides, due to their contact with both domestic cats and humans, stray cat may play an important role in the transmission of several pathogenic agents; such as Toxoplasma gondii (Can et al 2014;Lappin 2010;Vilares et al 2014) and Cryptosporidium (Bush et al 2011;Scorza et al 2011;Spada et al 2013;Spain et al 2001) that have the ability to cause life-threatening infections in individuals (Davoust et al 2014;Johnson et al 2013), or Leishmania infantum (Chatzis et al 2014;Hatam et al 2010;Pennisi et al 2013;Richter et al 2014) and Toxocara spp.…”

Prevalencia de helmintos intestinales en gatos domésticos del departamento del Quindío, Colombia

“…En diferentes regiones del mundo se han identificado las siguientes especies y frecuencias parasitarias en gatos: Ancylostoma braziliensis, 25 % (10); Ancylostoma tubaeforme, entre 14,7 y 44 % (6,10,17); T. cati, del 0,8 al 79 % (6,16,18,19), y Dipylidium caninum, entre 14 y 47 % (9-11,18). Las prevalencias de las especies halladas en el presente estudio se encuentran dentro de los rangos reportados a nivel mundial.…”

“…Estos resultados son semejantes a lo reportado por Mohammad, et al, quienes tampoco encontraron una diferencia significativa en las prevalencias de parasitosis intestinales estratificadas por sexo de los animales investigados, por lo que consideran que el sexo no es un factor determinante para la infección con estos agentes patógenos (6,25).…”