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Volume 19(5): 325-330, 2015. Redacted 2017.

 

Effect of Nigella sativa, Allium sativum, Syzygium aromaticum and Cucurbita maxima

on Toxocara cati fecal egg count and worm fecundity in stray cats.

 

Khashayar Ronagh1, Alireza Gharouni1, Shahrokh Ranjbar Bahadori2, Amir Zakian3,Naser Gholami3, Hossein Rezaeian4, Mohammad Saeed Shahraki1

 

1,2,4Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, Azad Islamic University, Garmsar Branch, 3Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.     

          

ABSTRACT

 

 

Ronagh K, Gharouni A, Ranjbar Bahadori S, Zakian A, Gholami N, Rezaeian H, Saeed ShahrakiM., Effect of Nigella sativa, Allium sativum, Syzygium aromaticum and Cucurbita maxima on Toxocara cati fecal egg count and worm fecundity in stray cats. Onl J Vet Res., 19(5): 325-330, 2015. Groups of 5 stray cats each infested with T cati were supplemented garlic (Nigella sativa), black seed (Allium sativum), clove (Syzygium aromaticum) or pumpkin seed (Cucurbita maxima) in daily rations for 7 consecutive days. Controls (5) were fed rations without supplement. At day 7,  parasite eggs per gram of feces were counted and the gastrointestinal tract was assessed microscopically. Compared with controls, there were statistical reductions (P< 0.0001) in T cati eggs and fecundity of adult female parasites in cats given supplements. There were no macro-microscopical signs of intestinal pathology.

 

 

Keywords: Stray cat, Toxocara cati, Toxocariasis, Garlic, Black Seed, Pumpkin seed, Clove, Zoonoses.

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