Free-ranging rural dogs are highly infected with helminths, contaminating environment nine times more than urban dogs
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x22000116
Abstract: Abstract Regardless of the highly efficient anthelmintics available and the control measures taken by dog owners and veterinarians, gastrointestinal parasites, especially zoonotic helminths, are still abundant in dogs and pose a health risk to humans.… read more here.
Keywords: nine times; helminth infection; free ranging; urban dogs ... See more keywords
High overlap of zoonotic helminths between wild mammalian predators and rural dogs – an emerging One Health concern?
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022001032
Abstract: Abstract Abstract The concept of One Health emphasizes the interdependence of human, animal and environmental health and is of growing significance, in part owing to the problems related to emerging infectious diseases of wildlife origin.… read more here.
Keywords: zoonotic helminths; mammalian predators; rural dogs; one health ... See more keywords