| 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 |