Prevalence of endoparasites in dog faecal deposits in Jordan.
Of 756 dog faecal deposits collected from the road side and public places in five Jordanian Governorates 466 (61.6%) harboured parasite ova, oocysts and/or larvae. Of these, 67.7%, 26.8%, 4.1% and 1.4% revealed one, two, three and four different types of parasite ova, oocysts or larvae in the same sample, respectively. Examination of the infected samples revealed that 44.1% contained taeniid ova, 19.8% Dipylidium caninum, 19% Toxocara canis, 8% Sarcocystis spp. oocysts, 5% hookworm larvae, 1.5% Diphyllobothrium latum, 0.1% Capillaria spp, and 0.1% Trichuri vulpis eggs.
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid.
Ziyadeh
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D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification