Monitoring of the Trematode Metorchis Albidus (Braun, 1893), the Causative Agent of Methorchosis, as a Threat to Habitat and Health Domestic Canines and Humans in the Southern Regions of Russia

Abstract

The goal is to monitor human methorchiasis and carnivores as an epidemic and sanitary and hygienic threat to the population of the southern subject of the Russian Federation.When analyzing materials on the incidence of methorchosis in dogs of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, it turned out that in 12 districts the incidence rate of methorchosis in dogs varied from 5.6 to 15.9%. The gradation of the abundance index of trematode Metorchis albidus eggs in dog feces ranged from 2.9t0.5 to 7.070.8 ind. in 1 g of faeces, on average, 4.9400.65 ind. per 1 g of faeces, which can provide a high level of soil contamination with eggs. In general, in the Kabardino-Balkaria, the epidemiological situation of dog methorchosis can be classified as relatively unfavorable.