Prevalence of intestinal parasites in shelter and hunting dogs in Catalonia, Northeastern Spain
Abstract
To compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites in shelter and hunting dogs in Catalonia, Northeastern Spain, fresh faecal samples from 81 shelter dogs and 88 hunting dogs were collected and analysed by faecal flotation. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 71.6% in each population. In the shelter dog group, 67.9% of dogs were positive for intestinal protozoa and 9.8% were positive for helminths. In the hunting dog group, 20.4% of dogs were positive for intestinal protozoa and 63.6% were positive for helminths. A subset of Giardia-positive samples was evaluated by PCR; Giardia assemblages C or D were detected. These results suggest that comprehensive parasite control measures should be implemented in both shelter and hunting dogs in Catalonia.
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The prevalence of G. duodenalis in examined dogs (5%) is lower than that recently observed in other shelters and kennels in Europe (about 7-16%), including Italy.
“Concerning intestinal protozoa, in examined dogs G. duodenalis was identified with a prevalence (5%) lower than that recently observed in other shelters and kennels in Europe (about 7-16%), including Italy [25,28,31,44,49,53].”
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These findings confirm the important role played by kennel and shelter dogs in Italy in the spread of potential zoonotic parasites.
“These findings confirm the important role played by kennel and shelter dogs in Italy in the spread of potential zoonotic parasites [26,28,31,44,53].”
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- Authors
- Ortuño, A., Scorza, V., Castellà, J., & Lappin, M.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Colorado State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ortuño, Anna
- ORCID
- Ortuño, Anna
- Venue
- The Veterinary Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 199
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 465-467
- ISSN
- 1090-0233 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2090823696
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 3.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Veterinary Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Colorado State University
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Keywords
- intestinal parasites, shelter dogs, hunting dogs, parasite prevalence, intestinal protozoa, helminths, Giardia, fecal flotation, parasite control, Catalonia
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Feces, Giardia, Helminthiasis, Animal, Helminths, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Protozoan Infections, Animal, Spain, Prevalence, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sarcocystidae
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