Parasitological fecal studies of equids, dogs, cats and hedgehogs during the years 1984-1991
Epe, C.; Ising-Volmer, S.; Stoye, M.
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 100(11): 426-428
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-6593 PMID: 8261912 Document Number: 418075
The results of the coproscopical examinations in horses, dogs, cats and hedgehoges between 1984 and 1991 are presented. In 9192 samples from horses 55.5% stages of strongylids, 4.0 % of Parascaris equorum, 2.2 % of anoplocephalids, 1.6 % Strongyloides westeri, 0.7 % of Oxyuris equi, 0.6 % of Eimeria leuckarti, 0.2 % of Fasciola hepatica and 0.04 % of Dictyocaulus amfieldi were found. In 48.0 % of the 46 samples from donkeys eggs from strongylids were detected, in 17.4 % larvae from Dictyocaulus amfieldi, in 2.2 % eggs from Strongyloides westeri, Parascaris equorum and oocysts from Eimeria leuckarti, respectively. In 3329 samples of dogs 6.9 % developmental stages of Toxocara canis, 6.0 % of Giardia spp., 4.2 % of Isospora spp., 3.0 % of Sarcocystis spp., 2.5 % each of ancylostomids and Trichuris vulpis, 1.1 % of Toxascaris leonina and 1.1 % of Dipylidium canium, up to 1.0 % of taeniids, 0.6 % of each Mesocestoides spp. and Metastrongylidae, 0.3 % of Strongyloides stercoralis and 0.2 % of Capillaria spp. and Hammondia heydorni were detected. In 9.5 % of the 1147 samples of cats eggs from Toxocara mystax were found, in 4.7 % eggs of taeniids, in 4.6 % cysts of Isospora spp., in 2.4 % of Giardia spp., in 1.4 % eggs of Dipylidium caninum, in 1.0 % of Capillaria spp. and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, in 0.6 % development stages of Toxoplasma gondii, in 0.5 % of ancylostomids and in 0.3% of Sarcocystis spp. and Opisthorchis felineus. In 1175 samples of hedgehogs 48.8 % eggs of Capillaria spp., 35.9 % of Crenosoma striatum, 17.9 % oocysts of Isospora spp., 2.3 % eggs of Brachylaemus erinacei were found.