Abstract
BackgroundIn Guangxi, a province of southern China, an important number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings, and the presence of these animals in proximity of people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and identify gastrointestinal helminths in feral carnivores in Guangxi province. Therefore, post mortem examination was performed in 40 dogs and in 39 cats.ResultsThe Gastrointestinal helminths were found in all the necropsied dogs and in 37 out of 39 cats. Fifteen species were identified including 7 trematodes, 3 cestodes and 5 nematodes. Most of them may be responsible for zoonotic infections.ConclusionsMajor zoonotic gastrointestinal helminths, including liver and intestinal flukes, Toxocara spp., and Ancylostoma spp., are present in feral dogs and cats in Guangxi, and may represent a significant risk for public health.
Highlights
In Guangxi, a province of southern China, an important number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings, and the presence of these animals in proximity of people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses
Carnivores usually act as definitive hosts and they contribute to the transmission of zoonotic infections by disseminating infective eggs or larvae in the environment or by contaminating intermediate hosts that may be further consumed by humans
* Correspondence: wyhuang@gxu.edu.cn 1Laboratory of parasitology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004 Guangxi, China 2Food Quality and Safety Center, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article In Southern China, a large number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings and the presence of these animals in proximity with people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses
Summary
In Guangxi, a province of southern China, an important number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings, and the presence of these animals in proximity of people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and identify gastrointestinal helminths in feral carnivores in Guangxi province. Helminths of dogs and cats constitute a diversified group including trematodes, cestodes and nematodes. In Southern China, a large number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings and the presence of these animals in proximity with people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and identify gastrointestinal helminths in feral dogs and cats in Guangxi province
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