title: The parasite fauna of stray domestic cats (Felis catus) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
abstract: Two hundred forty feral domestic cats trapped between 2004 and 2008 in the city centre and the suburb districts of Dubai, as well as in desert biotopes, were subjected to a complete parasitological dissection. The established parasite fauna consisted of Cystoisospora felis (12.9%), Cystoisospora rivolta (9.2%), Toxoplasma/Hammondia (0.8%), Heterophyes heterophyes (2.5%), Heterophyopsis continua (0.4%), Joyeuxiella spp. (65.8%), Diplopylidium noelleri (37.1%), Hydatigera taeniaeformis (16.7%), Taenia hydatigena (0.4%), Ancylostoma ceylanicum (8.8%), Ollulanus tricuspis (0.8%), Toxocara mystax (2.9%), Toxascaris leonina (0.8%), Pterygodermatites affinis (35.0%), Centrorhynchus aluconis (4.6%), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (4.2%), Xenopsylla astia (3.8%) and Synosternus pallidus (4.2%).
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. moniezia@zedat.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Rolf K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Saritha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.forename: Declan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Donovan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010271:Parasites / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology