Öge Hatice, Öge Semih, Özbakış Gökben, Gürcan Safa
Vet Parasitol. 2014 Dec 15;206(3-4):227-31. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.10.005.
This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Toxocara eggs on hair and in faeces of healthy owned cats and dogs and to make comparisons between data (sex, age, host factor, etc.) collected from dogs and cats. Toxocara eggs were found on the hair of 14% of 100 dogs and 22% of 100 cats. In total, 58 and 136 eggs were recovered from the hair samples of examined cats and dogs, respectively. Of the total number of eggs, 2 were classified as embryonated in cats. One of the eggs recovered was embryonating in dogs. The maximum number of eggs was found in the tail bottom of cats (28 eggs) and dogs (58 eggs). As well as finding Toxocara eggs in dogs and cats hair, we also found eggs of some helminthic parasites; such as Dicrocoelium sp., Fasciola sp., Taenia sp., Dipylidium caninum and Toxascaris leonina. In addition, faecal samples of same dogs and cats were also examined by two techniques (centrifugal flotation and sedimentation): Toxocara eggs were found in 5% and 13% of dogs and cats faeces, respectively. But, 14% of the dogs and 22% of the cats were positive for Toxocara eggs on hair. The prevalence of eggs in faecal samples was lower than those detected from hair samples (P < 0.05). Two techniques for recovering Toxocara eggs from faecal samples were tested for efficiency and suitability for routine use. The results were expressed as the percentage rate of recovery of Toxocara eggs in positive faecal samples. The recovery rate was better with the method of sedimentation than with the method of flotation (P < 0.05). This study indicates that dogs and cats without internal infections were shown to have eggs on their hair and so uninfected animals also pose a threat in terms of the eggs present on their hair, albeit a small risk.
本研究旨在确定健康家养猫和狗的毛发及粪便中弓首蛔虫卵的流行情况，并对从狗和猫收集的数据（性别、年龄、宿主因素等）进行比较。在100只狗中的14%以及100只猫中的22%的毛发上发现了弓首蛔虫卵。分别从检查的猫和狗的毛发样本中总共回收了58枚和136枚虫卵。在回收的虫卵总数中，猫中有2枚被分类为已胚胎化。回收的一枚虫卵在狗中处于胚胎发育阶段。在猫的尾根部发现的虫卵数量最多（28枚），狗中为（58枚）。除了在狗和猫的毛发中发现弓首蛔虫卵外，我们还发现了一些蠕虫寄生虫的卵；如双腔吸虫属、片形吸虫属、带绦虫属、犬复孔绦虫和狮弓蛔虫。此外，还通过两种技术（离心浮选法和沉淀法）对相同的狗和猫的粪便样本进行了检查：分别在5%的狗和13%的猫粪便中发现了弓首蛔虫卵。但是，14%的狗和22%的猫毛发上的弓首蛔虫卵呈阳性。粪便样本中虫卵的流行率低于从毛发样本中检测到的流行率（P<0.05）。测试了从粪便样本中回收弓首蛔虫卵的两种技术的效率和常规使用的适用性。结果以阳性粪便样本中弓首蛔虫卵的回收率百分比表示。沉淀法的回收率比浮选法更好（P<0.05）。本研究表明，未感染体内寄生虫的狗和猫毛发上有虫卵，因此，即使风险很小，未感染的动物因其毛发上存在的虫卵也构成威胁。
