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. 2015:2015:967238.
doi: 10.1155/2015/967238. Epub 2015 May 11.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites in Cats from China

Yurong Yang  1 , Hongde Liang  1
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites in Cats from China

Yurong Yang et al. Biomed Res Int. 2015.

Abstract

The prevalence of intestinal parasites in cats from China was largely unknown prior to this study. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of intestinal parasites in cats from central China and also identify risk factors for parasitism. Fecal samples from 360 cats were examined using sugar flotation procedure and fecal smear test by microscope. Cats had mixed two or three kinds of parasites infections. Of the 360 cats feces, intestinal parasites positive feces were 149 (41.39%). 64 (17.78%) were infected with Toxocara cati, 61 (16.94%) with Isospora felis, 41 (11.39%) with Isospora rivolta, 33 (9.17%) with Paragonimus, 23 (6.39%) with hookworms, 11 (3.06%) with Toxoplasma-like oocysts, 10 (2.78%) with Trichuris, 4 (1.11%) with lungworm, 2 (0.56%) with Sarcocystis, and 1 (0.28%) with Trematode. The cats' living outdoor was identified as risk factor by statistical analysis. These results provide relevant basic data for assessing the infection of intestinal parasites in cats from central region of China. In conclusion, there was high prevalence of intestinal parasites in cats from China.

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Results from smear revealed Isospora felis infection from the cat feces. Giemsa's stain ×1000. Two figures are photomicrographs of the cyst of Isospora felis (arrow). The IFN-γ knockout mice were inoculated cat fecal floats orally. The mice were killed at 6 weeks postinfection. The smears were from mesenteric lymph nodes of IFN-γ knockout mice.
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