Table 1.

Previous studies of gastrointestinal helminthes of canids in various regions of Iran

Place	Reference	Host	Collected parasites
Sarab, Azarbayejan	2	Fox	M. lineatus, U. stenocephala, T. canis , Toxascaris sp., Rictolaria spp. Taenia spp. M. hirudinaceus
Garmsar, Semnan	3	Stray dogs	T. hydatigena, T. multiceps, M. lineatus, T. canis D. caninum, E. granulosus,
Northern parts of Iran	4	Jackal	S. stercoralis, Physaloptera spp, T. pisiformis Phagicola sinoecum, Echinochasmus schwartzi, Euparyphium sp., Plagiorchis sp., Spirometra erinacei, Spirometra houghtoni
		Stray dogs	Rictularia affinis, Phagicola sinoecum and A. alata
Moghan, Northwestern Iran	5	Dog and Fox	Mesocestoides sp., Rictolaria spp., Macranthorhynchus hirudinaceus, Toxascaris spp., Joyeuxiella sp., Taenia spp., Alaria spp., Dipylidium caninum
Ilam	6	Stray dogs	E. granulosus, T. hydatigena, T. Multiceps, M. lineatus, D. caninum, T.ovis
Khuzestan	10	Dog, Jackal And Fox	E. granulosus, D. immitis, U. stenocephala, Spirometra sp., T. hydatigena T. canis, A. caninum, Rictolaria spp, Physaloptera sp.
Western of Iran	19	Jackal	T. canis, T. leonina, R. affinis, T. hydatigena, D. caninum, M. lineatus. J. pasqalei, Alaria canis, M. hirudinaceus, Macracanthomynchus sp.