The prevalence of Toxocara cati in domestic cats in Mexico City
Abstract
The faeces of 520 domestic cats, resident in the 16 municipal authorities of Mexico City, were analysed using the method of centrifuging with zinc sulphate (at 33%). Three hundred and ninety-nine animals lived in houses, 121 in apartments. For the purpose of this study they were divided into seven age groups, of 6 months each. Toxocara cati eggs were found in the faeces of 42.5% of the animals. 20.7% of apartment cats and 49.1% of house cats were infected. This difference in the rate of infection is statistically significant (P<0.002.) for the house cats. T. cati was found in all the age groups although most infection was found in animals less than 1 year old. The fact that infection occurred in the whole age range of the cats and in all the municipal authorities means that the risk of being contaminated with this helminth in Mexico City is high. As a consequence, the possibility of developing illness as a result of becoming a host to larva migrans is also high.
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- Authors
- Martı́nez-Barbabosa, I., Vázquez Tsuji, O., Cabello, R. R., Cárdenas, E. M. G., & Chasin, O. A.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Pediatria (MX)
- Hospital General de México (MX)
- Corresponding author
- Martı́nez-Barbabosa, Ignacio
- ORCID
- Cabello, Raúl Romero
- Venue
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-05
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-49
- ISSN
- 0304-4017 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2031542700
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Veterinary Parasitology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasites and Host Interactions
- Keywords
- Toxocara cati, toxocariasis, cats, prevalence, fecal egg detection, age groups, housing type, Mexico City, zoonotic risk, larval migration
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Animals, Animals, Domestic, Cat Diseases, Cats, Feces, Female, Male, Mexico, Parasite Egg Count, Toxocara, Toxocariasis, Prevalence
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