top of page

Year: 2018, Issue: June

Association of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris, Linnaeus,1753) and risk perception of zoonotic infection for humans.

Author:

Hamida Khanum, Sharmin Musa and Rezwana Ahmed

Keyword:

Canis lupus Familiaris, Risk perception, Zoonotic infection and humans.

A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of zoonotic parasites in dogs of Katabon Pet Market 30 dogs were examined. Among them 26 dogs (86.67%) were infected with different zoonotic parasites. The effects of season, age and sex of the hosts were also observed.10 species of parasites were found and which had high prevalence were : Capillaria spp. (86.67%), Trichuris vulpis (83.33%), Toxocara canis (76.67%), Ascaris lumbricoides (76.67%) and Toxascaris leonine (50%). Female (100%) had high infection rate than male (78.95%). In female dog, Trichuris vulpis (100%), Ascaris lumbricoides and Capillaria spp. (90.90%) had high prevalence. Puppies had 100% prevalence followed by young (83.33%) and adult dogs (81.82%). Ascaris lumbricoides had highest prevalence (100%) in puppies. Dogs had highest parasitic prevalence in monsoon (90.1%) followed by in summer (85.71%) and winter (83.33%). In monsoon, Toxascaris leonine and Toxocara canis had highest prevalence 85.71%. Among two breeds, German shepherd had higher prevalence (91.67%) than German spitz (83.33%). In German shepherd, female had higher prevalence (100%) than male (77.78%). In German spitz, female had higher prevalence (100%) than male (80%). From the above result, it could be stated that dogs act as zoonotic agent which is a threat for human health. So proper control measure should be taken to avoid this threat.

Society of Life Sciences

LSB
e - ISSN: 2321-7952
Print ISSN: 0973-5453X
Subscriptions
Hard Copy Subscription
Coming Issues
NJLS
e - ISSN: 2321-7960
Print ISSN: 0972-995X
News
Website Visit Counter
Categories
Animal Science
Agricultural Science
Biotecnology
Microbiology and Virology
Environment
Medical and Forensics
Plant Science
Anatomy and Physiology
Biology
Neuroscience
Ecology
Zoology
SLS  Logo relpace by Old.png

Society of Life Sciences

  • Facebook Social Icon
  • LinkedIn Social Icon
  • Facebook Social Icon
bottom of page