Isolation and Diagnosis Intestinal Helminthes from Stray Dogs in Kirkuk

Abstract

In the present study 30 stray dogs were collected, dissected and diagnosed in order to recognition on intestinal parasitic helminthes. The results demonstrated that 50% of total 30 stray dogs were found to be infected with intestinal parasitic helminthes. These includes three species of trematodes Heterophyes (6.6%), Mesostephanus (6.6%) and Prohemistomum (6.6%), three species of cestodes Dipylidium caninum (40%), Echinococcus granulosus (6.6%) and Taenia taeniaformis (13.3%), and three species of nematodes, Ancylostoma (20%), Dirofilaria immitis (6.6%) and Toxocara canis (6.6%). Three species of trematodes (Heterophyes, Mesostephanus and Prohenistomum) and one adult nematodes (Dirofilaria immitis) were isolated for the first time from stray dogs in Iraq.

Keywords

• intestinal helmithes
• stray dogs
• trematodes