Fecal examinations of dogs and cats rescued and adopted from the flood in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Authors

  • Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques Laboratório de Helmintoses, Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9090, Porto Alegre. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-9717
  • Rafael Tonin Hospital de Clínicas Veterinárias, Faculdade de Veterinária, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-2144
  • Elissandra da Silveira Base Aérea de Canoas, Força Aérea Brasileira. R. Augusto Severo, 1700 - Nossa Sra. das Graças, Canoas - RS, Brasil. CEP: 92110-390 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-4723

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20251911898

Keywords:

emerging zoonoses - parasitic zoonoses - pet animal – prevention - helminth

Abstract

The objective of this work is to report gastrointestinal parasitism in dogs and cats abandoned during the May 2024 flood, rescued and adopted in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. From June to October 2024, fecal samples from 93 pets (15 dogs and 78 cats) were analyzed using five parasitological techniques. Of the total number of pets (15 dogs and 78 cats), the frequencies of positive samples were 46.6% (7/15) and 43.6% (34/78), respectively, for dogs and cats. The parasites present in dogs were: Ancylostoma caninum (Ercolani 1859), Trichuris vulpis (Frolich 1789), Cystoisospora felis (Wenyon, 1923 Frenkel 1977) and Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782); in cats they were: T. canis, C. felis, Giardia sp., larvae of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) and Strongyloides sp., A. caninum, Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Dioctophyma renale (Goeze, 1782). These results demonstrate the importance of parasitological diagnosis based on the identification of parasites that can affect not only animal health, but also human health.

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Published

2025-02-28

How to Cite

Marques, S. M. T., Gustavo Tonin, R. ., & da Silveira, E. . (2025). Fecal examinations of dogs and cats rescued and adopted from the flood in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Neotropical Helminthology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20251911898