Abstract

GONZALEZ, ANDRÉS CAMILO  and  GIRALDO, JULIO CESAR. PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN DOGS (Canis lupus familiaris) IN THE URBAN AREA OF DE COYAIMA TOWNSHIP (TOLIMA). rev.fac.med [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.2, pp.24-34. ISSN 0121-5256.

Introduction: The parasitic diseases are public health problem, because are caused by pathogens that affected domestic animals and right through then can infected the human, mainly in tropical countries. Objective: Identify the intestinal parasites in dogs of the Coyaima urban area, also the prevalence and associated variables that are involved with the parasitism in the study area. Materials and Methods: it was developed study between February 2011 to March 2012 where were collected 175 dog's samples in the Coyaima urban area. The samples were processed between the formol - eter technique for the qualitative analysis of the helminths eggs and protozoan cysts. The data were tabulate and analyzed through the statistic program SPSSv20. Results: It was found prevalence for intestinal parasites in dogs in the Coyaima urban area was 53, 1%. This results match with other studies in the same department. Conclusions: The canine population in the Coyaima urban area is highly affected for intestinal parasites; the entities more prevalent are Uncinarias, 20, 6%, Toxocara canis 8, 6%, Strongyloides spp., 2, 9%, Entamoeba spp., 21, 1%, Blastocystis spp., 18, 3% and Giardia spp., 16%. It is recommended implement educational campaigns in all population, and executed preventive actions by the responsible statements concerning animal health.

Keywords : Uncinarias; Toxocara canis; Strongyloides spp; Giardia spp; prevalence; zoonoses.

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