title: [Infections with helminths and/or protozoa in cats in animal shelters in the Netherlands].
abstract: To determine the prevalence of infections with helminths and protozoa in cats in animal shelters, faecal samples from 305 cats from 22 animal shelters in the Netherlands were examined, using a centrifugation-sedimentation-flotation-technique. The association between potential risk factors and the occurrence of an infection was also tested. Infections with helminths and/or protozoa were found in 160 samples (52.5%). Toxocara cati was found in 86 cats (28.2%), Cystoisospora felis in 59 cats (19.3%), Cystoïsospora rivolta in 43 cats (14.1%), Capillaria spp. in 34 cats (11.2%), Ancylostoma tubaeforma in 9 cats (3.0%), Taenia taeniaeformis in 9 cats (3.0%), Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in 8 cats (2.6%), Giardia intestinalis in 3 cats (1.0%), Dipylidium caninum in 2 cats (0.7%) and Toxoplasma gondii in 1 cat (0.3%). The highest prevalence was seen in kittens and stray cats. The main preventive factor against infection was a short stay in a shelter.
authors.affiliation: Hoofdafdeling Infectieziekten en Immunologie, Afdeling Parasitologie en Tropische Diergeneeskunde, Faculteit der Diergeneeskunde, Universiteit Utrecht, Postbus 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht. S.R.M.Robben@students.uu.nl
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Robben
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: le Nobel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Döpfer
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Hendrikx
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Boersema
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fransen
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Eysker
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors