Guide to Preventing Parasites.pdf - Royal Canin Canada

Capillaria spp. 0.1 0.9
Taenia spp. 0.1 0.3
Alaria spp. 0.6 0
Arthropods Prevalence (%)
Dogs Cats
Cheyletiella spp. 0.1 0.5
Otodectes cynotis 0.2 0.5
Demodex 0 0.3
Trombiculidae 0.1 0
These data can be presented differently. Thus, 15.9% of the canine samples and 10,6% of
the feline samples contained at least one species of parasite. The range between
veterinary facilities was, however, quite wide: 5.1 to 52.6% for dogs and 3.3 to 47.6% for
cats.
Toxocara canis
- 10.2% of the puppies under 6 months of age were excreting eggs. In the dogs over one
year of age, the risk of infection was nearly ten times lower.
- The rate of infection in the males (3.2%) was slightly higher than that in the females
(3.0%), but this difference is not significant.
- The study did not find any differences in prevalence in the sterilized or unsterilized
animals over the age of 6 months.
- The use of drugs to prevent heartworm disease seemed to have a protective effect
against Toxocara.
- Even if only 3.2% of the samples contained eggs, there was considerable variation in
prevalence between different veterinary facilities, the range being 0.7 to 18.2%.
- The group with the most parasites included animals raised by private individuals
(15.4%). The rate of infection in these animals was more than twice that in the dogs at a
breeding facility (8.6%) or a pet shop (7.2%).
Toxocara cati
- 10.6% of the kittens under 6 months of age were excreting eggs. In the cats over the age
of one year, the risk of infection was nearly 15 times lower.
- The rate of infection in the females (5.6%) was slightly higher than that in the males
(3.7%), but this difference is not significant.
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