Abstract
62 cats and 13 dogs from various parts of Malaya were examined for helminths. The frequencies of infection in cats were: hookworms 49 (Ancylostoma ceylanicum, only very few specimens of A. caninum), ascarids 26 (110 Toxocara cati, 16 T. canis), Physaloptera praeputiale 11, Dirofilaria repens* 1, Brugia sp. 1, Gnathostoma spinigerum 1, Syphacia obvelata 2, Dipylidiinae 15 (248 Joyeuxia pasqualei and 74 Dipylidium caninum), Diphyllobothrium sp. 14, Taenia taeniaeformis 4, Platynosomum fastosum 14; Haplorchis pumilio*, H. yokogawai*, H. taichui*, Procerovum sp.* and Centrocestus sp.* 9 (208 H. pumilio, 20 H. yokogawai, 11 H. taichui, 12 Procerovum sp., 1 Centrocestus sp.); Opisthorchis viverrini 2. The frequencies of infection in dogs were: hookworms 13 (465 Ancylostoma caninum and 186 A. ceylanicum), Toxocara canis 4, Dirofilaria immitis 1, Dipylidium caninum 5, Diphyllobothrium sp. 2. The related work by others and the role of cats and dogs as reservoir hosts of human helminths in Malaya are shortly discussed. It is stressed that Opisthorchis viverrini is of much less importance than in neighbouring Thailand. (The species with an asterisk are for the first time reported from Malaya.)
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