DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE, THE COMPOSITION OF TAPEWORM SPECIES PARASITIC IN DOG IN THAI NGUYEN CITY

Abstract

Having performed a non-comprehensive dissection of the digestive tract of 275 domestic dogs raised in 3 communes and wards (Thinh Duc commune, Quyet Thang commune, Dong Quang ward) of Thai Nguyen city, we detected 5 species of tapeworm parasitic in dogs: Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus, 1758), Spirometra erinacei-europaei (Rudolphi, 1819) (Mueller, 1937), Taenia hydatigena (Pallas, 1766), Multiceps multiceps (Leske, 1780), Taenia pisiformis (Bloch, 1780). The frequency of occurrence of tapeworm species was ranged from 33.33% to 100%. The percentage of tapeworm infection in domestic dogs in 03 wards in Thai Nguyen city was 32.00%; which varies from 26.09 to 34.13%, the intensity of infection was from 1 to 8 tapeworms/dog. Domestic dogs of all ages were infected, but decreased in the ages. The percentage of tapeworm infection in the female dogs was 36.36%, much higher than the male dogs (29.55%). The percentage of tapeworm infection in dogs in Spring-Summer crop was higher than Autumn-Winter crop (33.33% compare with 30.40%).