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Diagnostic study of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in stray dogs and cats in Mosul city, Iraq | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-24 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2014.89337 | ||
| Authors | ||
| E.D. Hadi; E.G. Suleiman; Q.T. Al-Obadi; S.H. Arslan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study revealed the diagnosis of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in fecal samples which collected from stray dogs and cats in Mosul city. The total percentage of infection with oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. and cysts of Giardia spp. in dogs were 42%, 26%, while the percentages in cats were 52%, 16% respectively and the single infection with oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. in cats and dogs formed highest rate was 75%, 50% respectively. The infection rate with Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. appeared higher in animals aged less than one year. High percentage of infection with Giardia spp. appeared in the females of cats and dogs were 28.12%, 17.5%, while the high infection rate with oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. appeared in males of dogs and cats were 50%, 60% respectively. | ||
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