The prevalence of potentially zoonotic intestinal parasites in dogs and cats in Moscow, Russia.

This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of , spp., and spp., which occur and are potentially zoonotic to humans in domestic dogs and cats in Moscow (Russia). The fecal flotation method and larvae detection by microscopy of a direct feces smear were performed to detect spp., and spp. The total parasitic prevalence in dogs was as follows: spp.: 10.2 % (226/2208), spp.: 2.7 % (60/2208), : 2 % (45/2208), larvae: 1.1 % (25/2208). The younger animals under were infected more than those over 12 months of age (p<0.001). The preva lence rates were along these lines: spp. (18.2 %), spp. (5.7 %), (3 %), larvae (2.3 %). The overall prevalence in cats was as follows: spp. - 5.2 % (71/1350), spp. - 4.8 % (65/1350), - 4.1 % (56/1350). Similarly to dogs, the infection rates were higher in cats under 12 months of age spp. (8.2 %), spp. (8.6 %), (7.5 %. Analysis of combined infections in dogs revealed the following combinations: spp. and spp. (35.5 %) larvae of sp. and spp. (32.3 %), and spp. (22.6 %), and spp. (6.6 %), and and (3.2 %), respectively. In cats, only two coinfections by spp. and spp. (58.3 %), and spp. (41.7 %) were noticed. Further research is needed to study the spread of parasitic diseases in pet animals. The data will improve countermeasures to prevent these diseases' spread among animals and humans.