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Epidemiological survey of zoonotic helminths in feral cats in Gran Canaria island (Macaronesian archipelago-Spain)

  • Eligia Rodríguez-Ponce EMAIL logo , Jorge F. González , Magnolia Conde de Felipe , Julia N. Hernández and J. Raduan Jaber
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From the journal Acta Parasitologica Volume 61 Issue 3

Abstract

The presence of zoonotic parasites in feral cats have been widely considered all over the world. In Gran Canaria (Macaronesian archipelago, Canary Islands, Spain) the number of feral cats has grown out of control in urban and rural areas. 48 of Felis catus captured in different Gran Canaria areas were studied. Animals were necropsied and several organs were systematically examined in order to collect and identify macroscopic parasites. In addition, coprological tests were done in 28 cats. There were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence rate among sex, age or capture area, showing an overall prevalence of helminths of 77.1%. The most common tapeworms were Dipylidium caninum (64.6%) and Taenia taeniaeformis (31.3%), followed by the nematodes Toxocara cati (20.8%), Ancylostoma tubaeforme (18.8%), Aelurostrongylusabstrusus (10.4%) and Trichuris vulpis (2.08%). We also find several eggs of Alaria alata in the small intestine of one cat (2.08%), being the first description of this trematode in cats in the Canary Islands. Aproximatelly, 40% of the studied cats harboured more than one parasite. High rates of zoonotic species found in these animals suggest the need of controling parasitic infections and preventive measures against them.

Keywords: Macaronesian archipelago; Canary Islands; prevalence; zoonosis; helminths; feral cat

Acknowledgments

We wish to thank Dr. Oscar M. González-Díaz for their constructive comments and Rafael Riera from Gestión y Planeamiento Territorial y Medioambiental (GESPLAN) from the Canary Government that provided us all the animals of the study. This work was partially funded by GESPLAN, the Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) and the Programa de Ayudas de Formación del Personal Investigador of the Canary Government.

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This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest

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Received: 2015-6-10
Revised: 2015-12-23
Accepted: 2016-1-19
Published Online: 2016-7-21
Published in Print: 2016-9-1

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Keywords for this article
Macaronesian archipelago; Canary Islands; prevalence; zoonosis; helminths; feral cat

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