Isolation and Diagnosis Intestinal Helminthes from Stray Dogs in Kirkuk

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate intestinal helminthes from stray dogs in Kirkuk city, 30 stray dogs of different sexes and ages were humanely euthanized, dissected and diagnosed in order to identified of intestinal parasitic helminthes. The results demonstrated that 50% of total 30 stray dogs were found to be infected with intestinal parasitic helminthes. These includes three species of trematodes which are Heterophyes sp. (6.6%), Mesostephanus sp. (6.6%) and Prohemistomum sp . (6.6%), three species of cestodes which are Dipylidium caninum (40%), Echinococcus granulosus (6.6%) and Taenia taeniaformis (13.3%), in addition to three species of nematodes which are, Ancylostoma sp. (20%), Dirofilaria immitis (6.6%) and Toxocara canis (6.6%).Three species of trematodes ( Heterophyes sp . , Mesostephanus sp . and Prohenistomum sp . ) and one adult nematodes ( Dirofilaria immitis ) were isolated for the first time from stray dogs in Iraq.