Parasitas gastrointestinais em cães e gatos residentes num abrigo comunitário e seu controlo antiparasitário
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2025
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Os cães e gatos domésticos podem ser infetados por um ampla variedade de parasitas gastrointestinais. A identificação de factores de risco, assim como a monitorização ativa da eficácia dos antiparasitários, são fundamentais para reduzir o risco de infeção em cães e gatos e, no caso de parasitas com potencial zoonótico, evitar as infeções humanas. O objectivo deste estudo foi determinar, através de técnicas coprológicas, quais os parasitas gastrointestinais presentes em cães e gatos residentes num abrigo comunitário na região do Seixal e avaliar o controlo desses parasitas com milbemicina oxima e com a associação INN-emodepside e praziquantel. A prevalência estimada de parasitas gastrointestinais em cães e gatos foi de 88,6%. Nas amostras fecais dos cães observaram-se formas parasitárias de Toxocara canis (11,2%), Toxascaris leonina (11,2%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria stenocephala (84,3%), Trichuris vulpis (33,7%), Dipylidium caninum (14,6%), Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (3,4%) e Cystoisospora spp. (6,7%), enquanto nas fezes dos gatos foram detetados os helmintas Toxocara cati (88,2%), Toxascaris leonina (11,8%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria. stenocephala (11,8%) e Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (17,6%). No total, 33,7% dos cães e 64,7% dos gatos apresentaram mono-infeções, enquanto 57,3% dos cães e 23,5% dos gatos apresentaram infeções mistas. A infeção por ancilostomídeos (p=0,018) e T. vulpis (p=0,014) foi significativamente superior em cães mantidos em boxes com pavimento de cimento, enquanto a presença de ovos de Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. foi superior (p<0,05) em gatos adultos. Após desparasitação com milbemicina oxima e INN-emodepside/praziquantel, verificou-se uma redução significativa na contagem de formas parasitárias de Ancylostoma spp./U. stenocephala, T. vulpis, D. caninum e T. cati nas amostras fecais caninas e felinas. A partir deste estudo, podemos inferir uma elevada prevalência de parasitoses gastrointestinais na população de animais do abrigo na região do Seixal, algumas com potencial zoonótico.
Domestic dogs and cats can be infected by a several variety of gastrointestinal parasites. The identification of risk factors, as the active monitoring of the effectiveness of antiparasitic drugs, are essential to reduce the risk of infection in dogs and cats and, in the case of parasites with zoonotic potential, to avoid human infections. The aim of the study was to determine, through coprologic techniques, which gastrointestinal parasites were present in dogs and cats living in a community shelter in the Seixal region and to evaluate the control of these parasites with the association milbemycin oxime and INN-emodepside/praziquantel. The estimated prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and cats was 88,6%. In dogs faecal samples were observed parasitc forms of Toxocara canis (11,2%), Toxascaris leonina (11,2%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria stenocephala (84,3%), Trichuris vulpis (33,7%), Dipylidium caninum (14,6%), Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (3,4%) and Cystoisospora spp. (6,7%), while helminths in feline faeces were detected Toxocara cati (88,2%), Toxascaris. leonina (11,8%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria. stenocephala (11,8%) and Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (17,6%). In total, 33,7% of the dogs and 64,7% of the cats presented mono-infections, while 57,3% of the dogs and 23,5% of the cats showed mixed infections. Hookworm (p=0,018) and T. vulpis (p=0,014) infections were significantly higher in dogs living in boxes with cement floor, while Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. was higher (p<0,05) in adult cats. After deworming with milbemycin oxime and INN-emodepside/praziquantel, a significant reduction of faecal parasitic forms count of Ancylostoma spp./U. stenocephala, T. vulpis, D. caninum and T. cati was obtained in both dogs and cats feacal samples. From this study, it can be infered a high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitosis in the animal population from the shelter in Seixal region, some with zoonotic potential.
Domestic dogs and cats can be infected by a several variety of gastrointestinal parasites. The identification of risk factors, as the active monitoring of the effectiveness of antiparasitic drugs, are essential to reduce the risk of infection in dogs and cats and, in the case of parasites with zoonotic potential, to avoid human infections. The aim of the study was to determine, through coprologic techniques, which gastrointestinal parasites were present in dogs and cats living in a community shelter in the Seixal region and to evaluate the control of these parasites with the association milbemycin oxime and INN-emodepside/praziquantel. The estimated prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and cats was 88,6%. In dogs faecal samples were observed parasitc forms of Toxocara canis (11,2%), Toxascaris leonina (11,2%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria stenocephala (84,3%), Trichuris vulpis (33,7%), Dipylidium caninum (14,6%), Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (3,4%) and Cystoisospora spp. (6,7%), while helminths in feline faeces were detected Toxocara cati (88,2%), Toxascaris. leonina (11,8%), Ancylostoma spp./Uncinaria. stenocephala (11,8%) and Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. (17,6%). In total, 33,7% of the dogs and 64,7% of the cats presented mono-infections, while 57,3% of the dogs and 23,5% of the cats showed mixed infections. Hookworm (p=0,018) and T. vulpis (p=0,014) infections were significantly higher in dogs living in boxes with cement floor, while Taenia spp./Echinococcus spp. was higher (p<0,05) in adult cats. After deworming with milbemycin oxime and INN-emodepside/praziquantel, a significant reduction of faecal parasitic forms count of Ancylostoma spp./U. stenocephala, T. vulpis, D. caninum and T. cati was obtained in both dogs and cats feacal samples. From this study, it can be infered a high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitosis in the animal population from the shelter in Seixal region, some with zoonotic potential.
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VETERINARY MEDICINE, DOGS, CATS, COMPANION ANIMALS, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, PARASITES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES, SHELTER HOME, ZOONOSES, EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES, PUBLIC HEALTH, COPROLOGY, MESTRADO INTEGRADO EM MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA, VETERINÁRIA, MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA, CÃES, GATOS, ANIMAIS DE COMPANHIA, ANIMAIS DOMÉSTICOS, PARASITAS, DOENÇAS DO SISTEMA DIGESTIVO, CASAS DE ABRIGO, ZOONOSES, ESTUDOS EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS, SAÚDE PÚBLICA, COPROLOGIA