title: Epidemiological study of gastrointestinal helminthes of canids in chaharmahal and bakhtiari province of iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study was carried out to describe the epidemiological aspects of gastrointestinal helminthic infections of canids in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, the central western part of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty nine canid species including, dogs, jackals, foxes and wolves were included in this study. The contents of their alimentary canal were inspected in order to isolate and identify the parasitic helminthes of this system. To identify the worms, the Soulsbey and Anderson identification key and light microscopy were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on necropsy findings, 35 (71.4%) of examined animals were infected with at least one helminth. The prevalence of identified worms was as follows: Mesocestoides lineatus (55.1%), Joyeuxiella echinorinchoides (26.5%), Taenia hydatigena (12.2%), T. multiceps (8.2%), T. ovis (2%), Dipylidium caninum (2%) and Spirura spp. (2%). No significant difference was noticed between the sampling areas, age and helminth infection. Only a significant difference was observed for prevalence of T. multiceps in wolf (25%), dog (21.4%), jackal and fox (0%), respectively (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The canids in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari harbor several parasites that some kind of them have zoonotic importance and may pose a threat to community health specially in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nabavi
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Parasitology , Mycology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Shahr-e-kord University of Medical Sciences ,Shahr-e-kord, Iran.
authors.forename: Kourosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manouchehri Naeini
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Parasitology , Mycology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Shahr-e-kord University of Medical Sciences ,Shahr-e-kord, Iran.
authors.forename: Nozhat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zebardast
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Parasitology , Mycology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Shahr-e-kord University of Medical Sciences ,Shahr-e-kord, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashemi
keywords: Canids; Gastrointestinal; Helminthes; Iran
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