PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN DOGS IN THE CITY OF SAN MIGUEL DE BOLÍVAR (ECUADOR

Abstract

Living with dogs does not have to pose any risk to your family. However, when adequate deworming is not performed, there could be a risk of zoonoses, directly related to intestinal parasites that affect these pets, in this sense, the objective of the present investigation was: to study the prevalence of intestinal parasites of dogs in the city of San Miguel de Bolívar, Ecuador. For which, coproparasitic analyzes were performed on 500 dogs using the Faust technique and direct observation, where the variables analyzed were: Sex, Age, and Race (31 dog breeds which have been grouped into 4 groups according to size: giants, large, medium, and small). After the analysis, 56.6% were positive for some type of intestinal parasitosis, in relation to the sex of the animal, a total of 131 positive females were found, of which Toxocara the parasite with the highest presence with 67% is; followed by the genus Dipylium. According to age, it was found that dogs less than one year old presented a greater parasitization with 67.35%, where the Toxocara genus presented the highest incidence. Regarding the breed of the dog, the largest number of dogs examined were of medium breed, the same ones that presented 67.84% positive, being the Toxocara genus the one with the highest presence with 60.42%, followed by Dipylidium with 22.26%. It is concluded that the high degree of parasitism may be directly related to the environment or habitat of the dogs analyzed.