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Gastrointestinal helminth parasites in stray cats from the mid-Ebro Valley, Spain
C Calvete1, J Lucientes, J A Castillo
1Dpto. de Patología Animal (Parasitología), Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain.
Veterinary Parasitology
|June 24, 1998
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal helminths were collected from 58 necropsied stray cats (Felis catus) in the mid-Ebro Valley, North-East Spain, from December 1989 to March 1992. The prevalence was 89.7%, with those of individual parasites being Toxocara cati 55.2%C, Ancylostoma tubaeforme 29.3% Joyeuxiella pasqualei 55.2%, Diplopylidium acanthotetra 20.7%, Dipylidium caninum 20.7%, Mesocestoides spp. 13.8%, Taenia taeniformis 8.6% and Diplopylidium nölleri 8.6%. In relation to sex, the differences were not significant. However, the season of the year significantly affected the prevalence of A. tubaeforme and D. acanthotetra.