Table 1.
Frequency and prevalence of infectivity with different helminth parasites in Mashhad stray dogs according to different criteria
| Criteria | Season n (%) |
Sex n (%) |
Fur color n (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm (n = 40) |
Cold (n = 60) |
Male (n = 63) |
Female (n = 37) |
Light (n = 74) |
Dark (n = 26) |
|
|
Taenia
hydatigena |
27 (67.5) |
34 (57) |
39 (62) |
22 (59) |
45 (61) |
16 (61) |
|
Dipylidium
caninum |
20 (50) |
26 (43) |
33 (52) |
13 (35) |
35 (47) |
11 (42) |
|
Mesocestoides
lineatus |
6 (15) |
13 (21.7) |
12 (19) |
7 (19) |
17 (23) |
2 (7.7) |
|
Echinococcus
granulosus |
3 (7.5) |
7 (11.7) |
4 (6.3) |
6 (16.2) |
7 (9.5) |
3 (11.5) |
|
Toxascaris
leonina |
22 (55) |
31 (52) |
35 (55.5) |
18 (48.6) |
44 (59) |
9 (34.6) |
|
Toxocara
canis |
5 (12.5) |
2 (3.3) |
4 (6.3) |
3 (8.1) |
5 (6.7) |
2 (7.7) |