Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of canine gastrointestinal helminths in guardian and herding dogs of Gilanegharb suburb during March 2012 to April 2013. A total number of 138 fecal samples were collected. The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in the studied animals was 44.92%. The mean of prevalence the gastrointestinal helminths was as follows; Toxocara canis (17.39%), the most prevalent helminths in dogs, Ancylostoma caninum (7.97%), Taenia spp. (10.14%) and mixture of these infections (9.42%). Our findings also indicated that young dogs, under 1 year of age, show a higher overall prevalence than that of older dogs, over 12 months of age (P
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