Freqüência de helmintos em gatos de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais / Frequency of helminthes parasites in cats of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais

ABSTRACT

Necropsies in 50 cats, males and females of different ages were performed from August 2000 to December 2001. Forty five (90 percent) of them had parasites. Eleven cats (22 percent) had single infection, 34 (75.6 percent) multiple infection, and only 5 (10 percent) were free of infection. The parasitic frequencies were as follow Platynosomum fastosum (40 percent), Ancylostoma braziliensis (38 percent), Physaloptera praeputialis (34 percent), Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (18 percent), Dipylidium caninum (14 percent), Ancylostoma caninum (14 percent), Toxocara mistax (14 percent), Toxocara canis (10 percent), Trichuris campanula (6 percent), Toxascaris leonina (4 percent), Spirometra mansonoides (4 percent), Taenia taeniaeformis (4 percent) e Trichuris vulpis (2 percent).(AU)