Epidemiological assessment of intestinal parasitic infections in dogs at animal shelter in Veracruz,Mexico

作     者：Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel Dora Romero-Salas Mariel Aguilar-Domínguez Anabel Cruz-Romero Nelly Ibarra-Priego dalberto Angel Pérez-de-Len 

作者机构：Biomedical Research LaboratorySchool of Medicine and NutritionJuarez University of the State of DurangoAvenida Universidad S/N34000 DurangoMexico Parasitology LaboratorySchool of Veterinary Medicine and ZootechnicsUniversidad VeracruzanaCircunvalacin y Yez S/N91710 VeracruzMexico United States Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research ServiceKnipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第5卷第1期

页      面：34-39页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 090603[农学-临床兽医学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Universidad Veracruzana and Juarez University of Durango State(Grant No.P4 UV-UJED) 

主　　题：Intestinal parasites Infection Prevalence Shelter Dogs Mexico 

摘      要：Objective:To determine the prevalence of infection with intestinal parasites in 101 dogs in an animal shelter in ***,and investigate whether any general characteristics of the dogs were associated with ***:Parasitologiesl examination of fecal samples from the dogs was performed by means of centrifuge-flotation using Sheather s sucrose and zinc sulfate flotation *** addition,hematocrit was determined in each canine blood ***:Intestinal parasites were found in 99(98.0%) of the 101 dogs *** five different intestinal parasites were identified:Ancylostoma caninum in 89 dogs(88.1%).Giardia canis in 46(45.5%).Unciiuiria stenocephalia in 43(42.6%).Trichuris vulpis in 19(18.8%)and Strongyloides canis in 16(15.8%).Multivariate analysis showed:I) Giardia infection was associated with young age and mixed breed;2) Ancylostoma was associated with young age and no rabies vaccination:and 3) Strongyloides was associated with no rabies *** and Trichuris infections were not associated with the variables ***:A high prevalence of intestinal parasites was found in the dogs *** suggests that the environment is highly contaminated with intestinal *** and therapeutic measures should be taken against infection with intestinal parasites in dogs in this region.