SPECIES COMPOSITION OF HELMINTHS OF THE JACKAL (CANIS AUREUS) IN THE WESTERN REGION OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the species composition of helminth fauna of the jackal (Canis aureus) in the western region of Kazakhstan. The studies were carried out by coprological methods, the method of complete helminthological dissection, and swabs from the limbs were carried out for oocysts of protozoa and helminth eggs. As study results showed, the highest infection rate is observed for helminth species such as Uncinaria stenocephala, Dipylidium caninum, Toxocara canis, and Trichinella spiralis. The epizootology of parasitic diseases of wild animals is poorly studied, and many unclear questions remain, in particular, what factors serve as triggers for outbreaks of invasive animal diseases. There are many types of helminths parasitizing in domestic animals and their wild relatives, which cause severe diseases in both groups of animals that are often fatal if they have appropriate qualitative and quantitative composition. They include causative agents of echinococcosis, fascioliasis, coenurosis, dictyocaulosis, dicroceliasis of gastrointestinal strongylatosis, etc. As a result, huge losses are caused to natural populations of wild animals and the country's economy in general due to lower productivity and death of animals. Given that the jackal helminth fauna shows a high degree of similarity to domestic carnivores, it should be assumed that when these wild animals come into contact with farm animals, they can exchange parasites. Therefore, it should be assumed that any studies regarding helminthiases of this animal of Kazakhstan form the material of undoubted scientific and practical interest.