title: [A survey on intestinal parasites of livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs in Switzerland].
abstract: The present study describes the occurrence of intestinal parasite infections in livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs. A total of 71 guardian dogs (more than half of the total number of guardian dogs in Switzerland) and 21 herding dogs were coprologically examined, using a combined sedimentation-flotation method. In 21 (23 %) of the dogs intestinal parasites were detected, and 8 (8.7 %) of these dogs shed either sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. (n = 6) or taeniid eggs (n = 2). The evaluation of questionnaires providing data on age, origin and deworming schemes of the dogs completed the study.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Parasitologie, Universität Bern. caroline.frey@ipa.unibe.ch
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regotz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gottstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology*; D058751:Livestock; D009865:Oocytes; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification