title: A survey for potentially zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and pigs in Cambodia.
abstract: There is little information available on parasites of zoonotic significance in Cambodia. In 2011, in an effort to obtain data on potentially zoonotic gastrointestinal parasites in domestic animals, 50 dogs and 30 pigs residing in 38 households located in Ang Svay Check village, Takeo province, Cambodia were examined for parasites from faecal samples. The samples were processed using the formalin-ethyl acetate concentration technique (FECT). Hookworms were the most common zoonotic parasite found in dogs (80.0%) followed by Echinostomes (18.0%). While, in pigs, Fasciolopsis buski was the most common zoonotic parasite (30.0%) followed by Ascaris suum (13.3%). This study provides baseline data on gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and pigs from Cambodia and underscores the importance of domestic animals as reservoir hosts for human parasites for Cambodian veterinary and public health agencies. Follow-up studies are required to further taxonomically characterize these dog and pig parasites and to determine their role in human parasites in this community.
authors.forename: Tawin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inpankaew
authors.forename: K Darwin
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Murrell
authors.forename: Nongnuch
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinyopanuwat
authors.forename: Chamnan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chhoun
authors.forename: Kuong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khov
authors.forename: Tharin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sem
authors.forename: San
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sorn
authors.forename: Sinuon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muth
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalsgaard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002160:Cambodia; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology