Intestinal helminths of feral cat populations from urban and suburban districts of Qatar
Intestinal helminths of feral cat populations from urban and suburban districts of Qatar
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10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.11.027
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2010-03-25
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2.6
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Lewis, John W.
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Abu-Madi, Marawan A.;Behnke, Jerzy M.;Lewis, John W.
2006年和2007年，卡塔尔对658只成年猫的蠕虫进行了调查，这些猫来自卡塔尔城市和郊区的野生种群。共检出6种蠕虫，包括2种绦虫(带绦虫73.6%)和4种线虫(管状钩口线虫14.7%、早疫霉属5.2%、猫弓虫[0.8%]和狮弓虫[0.2%])和4种线虫(管状钩口线虫14.7%)和弓形虫[0.2%]，其中83%的猫至少感染一种。平均虫种数为1.4种，平均虫量为55.8条/只。绝大多数蠕虫(97.6%)是绦虫，线虫相对较少。分析了感染的流行率和丰度，考虑了四个因素：年份(2006和2007年)、地点(城市和郊区)、季节(冬季和夏季)和宿主的性别。分析表明，某些物种存在显著的年份效应、雌性寄主偏向以及各种因素的相互作用，尤其是性别和季节。结果表明，虽然卡塔尔大多数成年野猫都携带蠕虫感染，但感染情况在不同年份之间是不同的，并受到年度变化的影响，这些变化可能反映了快速发展的城市多哈及其郊区的气候和其他环境变化。只有两个物种有可能感染人类，而且这两个物种在抽样的猫中都是罕见的(A.tubaeforrne和T.cati)。皇冠版权所有(C)2009由爱思唯尔出版。保留所有权利。
A survey of the helminths of 658 adult cats from feral urban and suburban populations in Qatar was conducted across all months in 2006 and 2007. Six species of helminths were identified, comprising two cestodes (Taenia taeniaeformis [73.6%] and Diplopylidium acanthotetra [47.1%]) and four nematodes (Ancylostoma tubaeforme [14.7%], Physaloptera praeputialis [5.2%], Toxocara cati [0.8%] and Toxascaris leonina [0.2%]), and 83% of cats were infected with at least one of these. The average number of species harboured was 1.4 and the average worm burden was 55.8 worms/cat. The vast majority of worms (97.6%) were cestodes, nematodes being relatively rare. Prevalence and abundance of infections were analyzed, taking into consideration four factors: year (2006 and 2007), site (urban and suburban), season (winter and summer) and sex of the host. Analyses revealed marked year effects, female host bias in some species and interactions involving combination of factors, but especially sex and season of the year. The results indicate that whilst the majority of adult feral cats in Qatar carry helminth infections, infections are variable between years and subject to annual changes that may reflect climatic and other environmental changes in the rapidly developing city of Doha and its suburban surroundings. Only two species have the potential to infect humans and both were rare among the sampled cats (A. tubaeforrne and T. cati). Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.