Moro K K, Abah A E
Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323 Port Harcourt 50001, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Vet Anim Sci. 2018 Dec 11;7:100045. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2018.100045. eCollection 2019 Jun.
The study investigated zoonotic parasites of dogs in Abua area of Rivers State. Out of the 400 samples analysed 260(65%) were found to be positive with different parasite species. Parasite species recovered showed, and were found in all the communities while . was found in only one community. There was a statistically significant difference in infection rates among the different age groups of dogs examined (). Parasites species detected with respect to age of dogs showed that had the highest infection rate as it infected the three age groups of dogs in significant numbers ( = 50.28, = 0.000), followed by ). Other parasites that showed significant infections across the age groups include ) and (6.98). All the other parasites; were not significant across the age groups. There was an overall mixed infection of 51(19.62%) of which 22 (8.46%) samples had mix infection of two parasite species of , 12 (4.62%) had , while 1(0.34%) with and A mix infection of three parasite species was 6.15% comprising and was recorded. In conclusion, Prevalence of zoonotic parasites of dogs in Abua was high. So, there is an urgent need for education of dog owners in the area to reduce this high infection rate and to reduce the danger of transmission of these infections to human as a result of ignorance on the part of the dog owners.
该研究调查了河流州阿布阿地区犬类的人畜共患寄生虫。在分析的400个样本中，有260个（65%）被发现感染了不同的寄生虫种类。所发现的寄生虫种类显示，[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]在所有社区都有发现，而[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]仅在一个社区被发现。在所检查的不同年龄组的犬类中，感染率存在统计学上的显著差异（[此处原文缺失具体数据]）。就犬类年龄而言，检测到的寄生虫种类显示，[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]的感染率最高，因为它大量感染了三个年龄组的犬类（χ² = 50.28，P = 0.000），其次是[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]。在各年龄组中显示出显著感染的其他寄生虫包括[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]和[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]（6.98）。所有其他寄生虫；[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]在各年龄组中无显著差异。共有51个（19.62%）样本存在混合感染，其中22个（8.46%）样本混合感染了两种寄生虫，即[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]，12个（4.62%）样本感染了[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]，而1个（0.34%）样本同时感染了[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]和[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]。三种寄生虫的混合感染率为6.15%，包括[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]和[此处原文缺失具体寄生虫种类名称]。总之，阿布阿地区犬类人畜共患寄生虫的患病率很高。因此，迫切需要对该地区的犬主进行教育，以降低这种高感染率，并减少由于犬主的无知而将这些感染传播给人类的危险。
