| prevalence of toxocara cati and other intestinal helminths in stray cats in shiraz, iran. | toxocariasis is a parasitic zoonosis with worldwide distribution that affects both cats and dogs. necropsy of 114 stray cats from shiraz revealed that 106 (92.9%) stray cats were infected at least with one of the intestinal helminth species. the overall infection rates in stray cats infected with cestoda and nematoda were 105(99.1%) and 101(95.3%) respectively. the detected cestodes were joyeuxiella pasqualei (34.3%), dipylidium caninum (49.5%), taenia taeniaeformis (12.3%), spirometra sp. (3.8% ... | 2007 | 18209706 |
| prevalence of helminth ova in soil samples from public places in shiraz. | to determine the prevalence of helminth eggs in public places and children's playgrounds, 112 soil samples were collected in 26 sites in shiraz, southern islamic republic of iran, during september 2002-september 2003. toxocara cati ova were found in 7 (6.3%) samples, 2 had ascaris lumbricoides ova, 3 had larvae morphologically similar to strongyloides stercoralis. coccidia oocysts were also observed in 4 samples. no contamination was observed during the dry season. | 2006 | 17333794 |