A survey of Ectoparasites Infestation in Stray Dogs in Basrah Province / Iraq

One hundred samples of stray dogs with different ages and sex we examined to investigate the occurrence of ectoparasites, from the period of October 2015 to May 2016. These samples were collected from different regions in Basrah province, the study showed the presence of three types of ectoparasites...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 571; no. 1; pp. 12062 - 12071
Main Authors Thamer, Nadia K., Faraj, Katherine B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2019
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Summary:One hundred samples of stray dogs with different ages and sex we examined to investigate the occurrence of ectoparasites, from the period of October 2015 to May 2016. These samples were collected from different regions in Basrah province, the study showed the presence of three types of ectoparasites which are tick Rhipicephallus sanguineus (38.2% ), lice species was Heterodoxus longitrasus (57.35%) and fleas was Stenocephalides canis (4.4 %). The highest rate was record in Shatt Al-Arab region (100%) while the lowest infestation rate was (35%) in Al-Faw region. Ear and neck region of stray dogs body were infected by ectoparasites more than other region of the body (100 %) respectively total infestation rate was 68%. There were significant difference at (p < 0.01) in the prevalence of all detected ectoparasites in relation to the sexes of dogs. Because of the stray dogs are reservoirs for zoonotic intestinal protozoa and helminthes parasites and ectoparasites should be considered important to public health, so may have an important role in transmission of some disease to human, so this study was designed to investigate ectoparasites in stray dogs in Basrah province.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/571/1/012062