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Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 26 (6): 477-485,
2022.
Prevalence
of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in laboratory animals
Moosa Javdani1, Farid Rezaei2,
Mohammad Hashemnia2,
Abdolali Chalechaleh2, Zahra Nikousefat1
Department of 1Clinical Sciences
and 2Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Razi
University, Kermanshah, Iran
ABSTRACT
Javdani M, Rezaei
F, Hashemnia M, Chalechaleh
A, Nikousefat Z., Prevalence of gastrointestinal
parasitic infections in laboratory animals, Onl J Vet
Res., 26 (6): 477-485, 2022. We
report prevalence of gastrointestinal
parasites of laboratory animals from Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. Sixty
Sprague Dawley, 20 Short hair English guinea pigs and 20 Dutch rabbits were necropsied for parasites. We found 77% infested
with nematodes and cestodes.
In rats we found 87% infested by 57% Aspiculuris tetraptera, 44% Syphacia
obvelata, 17% Syphacia
muris, 10% Cysticercus fasciolaris,
42% Hymenolepis diminuta
and 12% Hymenolepis nana. In Guinea
pigs we found 85% with Nematoparaspidora uncinata and in rabbits 45% Passalurus ambiguus. Most
infestations occurred in rats and least in rabbits without trematodes or
protozoa. Findings suggest that laboratory animals should be kept separate
adequately to avoid infestations.
Keywords: Animal
house, Laboratory animals, gastrointestinal parasites, prevalence.
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