Kumsa Bersissa, Abiy Yonas, Abunna Fufa
Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 34, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Veterinary Drug and Animal Feed Administration and Control Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2019 Jan;15:100263. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2019.100263. Epub 2019 Jan 10.
A total of 200 dogs and 137 cats were examined for the presence of fleas, ticks and lice in Bishoftu, central Oromia, Ethiopia from September 2009 through April 2010. At least one ectoparasite species was found on 97% (194/200) of the dogs and 90.5% (124/137) of the cats. On dogs, fleas (Ctenocephalides felis (95%), Pulex irritans (20.5%), Echidnophaga gallinacea (9%) and Xenopsylla cheopis (0.5%)), ticks (Haemaphysalis leachi (17.5%), Amblyomma variegatum (8.5%), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (8%), Rhipicephalus pulchellus (5.5%) and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (2.5%)) and lice (Heterodoxus spiniger (5%), Linognathus setosus (1.5%) and Trichodectes canis (0.5%)) were identified. On cats, fleas (C. felis (61.7%), E. gallinacea (24.1%), P. irritans (1.5%) and X. cheopis (0.7%)) and ticks (Ha. leachi (10.9%), Am. variegatum (1.5%) and Rh. sanguineus (0.7%)) were identified. C. felis was identified as the predominant ectoparasite on both dogs and cats. The overall frequency and count of ectoparasites was higher on dogs than on cats. Significantly higher overall frequency of fleas on young versus adult cats (p = .01) was recorded. However, ticks were significantly higher on adult cats than on young cats (p = .01). In conclusion, this study demonstrated great species diversity and high frequency of ectoparasites on dogs and cats in the study area. Further studies are required to investigate the role of these ectoparasites in transmission of zoonotic pathogens to humans and animals in Ethiopia.
2009年9月至2010年4月期间，在埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州中部的比绍夫图，对200只狗和137只猫进行了跳蚤、蜱虫和虱子检查。在97%（194/200）的狗和90.5%（124/137）的猫身上发现了至少一种体表寄生虫。在狗身上，鉴定出的跳蚤有猫栉首蚤（95%）、人蚤（20.5%）、鸡栉首蚤（9%）和印鼠客蚤（0.5%），蜱虫有李氏血蜱（17.5%）、变异革蜱（8.5%）、血红扇头蜱（8%）、微小扇头蜱（5.5%）和毁灭革蜱（2.5%），虱子有刺异蚤蝇（5%）、犬颚虱（1.5%）和犬毛虱（0.5%）。在猫身上，鉴定出的跳蚤有猫栉首蚤（61.7%）、鸡栉首蚤（24.1%）、人蚤（1.5%）和印鼠客蚤（0.7%），蜱虫有李氏血蜱（10.9%）、变异革蜱（1.5%）和血红扇头蜱（0.7%）。猫栉首蚤被鉴定为狗和猫身上的主要体表寄生虫。狗身上体表寄生虫出现的总体频率和数量高于猫。记录到幼猫身上跳蚤的总体频率显著高于成年猫（p = 0.01）。然而，成年猫身上蜱虫的数量显著高于幼猫（p = 0.01）。总之，本研究表明研究区域内狗和猫身上的体表寄生虫种类繁多且出现频率高。需要进一步研究以调查这些体表寄生虫在埃塞俄比亚人畜共患病原体向人类和动物传播中的作用。
