C. Epe et al., RESULTS OF PARASITOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS O F FECAL SAMPLES FROM HORSES, DONKEYS, DOGS, CATS AND HEDGEHOGS BETWEEN 1984 AND 1991, DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift, 100(11), 1993, pp. 426-428
The results of the coproscopical examinations in horses, dogs, cats an
d hedgehoges between 1984 and 1991 are presented. In 9192 samples from
horses 55.5 % stages of strongylids, 4.0 % of Parascaris equorum, 2.2
% of anoplocephalids, 1.6 % Strongyloides westeri, 0.7 % of Oxyuris e
qui, 0.6 % of Eimeria leuckarti, 0.2 % of Fasciola hepatica and 0.04 %
of Dictyocaulus amfieldi were found. In 48.0 % of the 46 samples from
donkeys eggs from strongylids were detected, in 17.4 % larvae from Di
ctyocaulus amfieldi, in 2.2 % eggs from Strongyloides westeri, Parasca
ris equorum and oocysts from Eimeria leuckarti, respectively. In 3329
samples of dogs 6.9 % developmental stages of Toxocara canis, 6.0 % of
Giardia spp., 4.2 % of isospora spp., 3.0 % of Sarcocystis spp., 2.5
% each of ancylostomids and Trichuris vulpis, 1.1 % of Toxascaris leon
ina and 1.1 % of Dipylidium canium, up to 1.0 % of taeniids, 0.6 % of
each Mesocestoides spp. and Metastrongylidae, 0.3 % of Strongyloides s
tercoralis and 0.2 % of Capillaria spp. and Hammondia heydorni were de
tected. In 9.5 % of the 1147 samples of cats eggs from Toxocara mystax
were found, in 4.7 % eggs of taeniids, in 4.6 % cysts of Isospora spp
., in 2.4 % of Giardia spp., in 1.4 % eggs of Dipylidium caninum, in 1
.0 % of Capillaria spp. and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, in 0.6 % devel
opment stages of Toxoplasma gondii, in 0.5 % of ancylostomids and in 0
.3 % of Sarcocystis spp. and Opisthorchis felineus. In 1175 samples of
hedgehogs 48.8 % eggs of Capillaria spp., 35.9 % of Crenosoma striatu
m, 17.9 % oocysts of Isospora spp., 2.3 % eggs of Brachylaemus erinace
i were found.