Endoparasites of Jungle Cats ( Felis chaus ) and Their Pathologic Lesions

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Abstract

Background:

The jungle cats ( Felis chaus) are native to Asia, and found in Iran. Although north of Iran has a wide distribution of jungle cats, there is not any data about prevalence of parasitic infections in the population of these cats.

Methods:

From 2012 to 2015, seven specimens of the wild jungle cat ( Felis chaus) from north of Iran, Mazandaran Province, northern Iran were collected and examined for their endoparasites and pathological lesions which were caused by the parasites.

Results:

Parasitological evaluations showed several species of endoparasites in the small intestine of cats including nematode ( Toxocara cati), trematode ( Alaria alata), and cestode ( Mesocestoides lineatus). All of the examined jungle cats were infected to parasitic infections. From the total number of 7 jungle cats T. cati was found in 6 cats, A. alata in 1 cat, and M. lineatus was recovered from 3 cats. Histopathological samples displayed necrosis, vacuolar degeneration, atrophy, destruction of tissue, hyperemia, and infiltration of inflammatory cells in the intestine tissue.

Conclusion:

This study for the first reported T. cati, A. alata, and M. lineatus and their pathologic effects in the small intestine of jungle cat.

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Recent incidental background findings of Alaria alata mesocercariae ["Distomum muscularis suis," Duncker, 1896] in meat of wild boars during official Trichinella inspection initiated a re-assessment of the potential human health risk as posed by this parasite. The present review of the literature on Alaria biology shows that the human exposition risk should no longer be accepted to be negligible, as it demonstrates a general lack of knowledge in relevant areas of Alaria biology confounding any risk analysis. Sound risk assessment needs future studies which should concentrate on the most pressing questions of (1) the optimization and/or development of methods for reliable Alaria mesocercariae detection, (2) the distribution of the mesocercariae within their paratenic hosts, i.e., identification of potential predilection sites, particularly in wild boars, and (3) their prevalence in sylvatic populations of animals with respect to their introduction into the human food chain. Further, the degree and possibly also the species specificity of Alaria mesocercariae tenacity within the paratenic hosts and respective meat as pertaining to food technological treatments need to be elucidated. While these questions remain unanswered, it is an incontrovertible fact that Alaria mesocercariae have a potentially high human pathogenicity by both occupational and alimentary exposition.

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Studies were conducted on the role of small mammals in maintaining toxocariasis foci in urban, rural and montane biotopes. The lowest relative density of small mammals was recorded in the urban locality and the highest in the rural and montane localities. Anti-Toxocara antibodies were most frequently detected in synanthropic and hemisynanthropic species Mus musculus, Apodemus agrarius and Micromys minutus--32.0, 30.4 and 25.0%, respectively. The highest seropositivity was found in small mammals from the urban and rural localities--22.2 and 21.6%, respectively. Toxocara canis was most prevalent in urban stray dogs (75.0%) and least prevalent in foxes from the montane locality (7.0%). The prevalence of Toxocara cati in cats at the urban, rural and montane localities was 66.2, 65.2 and 76.9%, respectively. In clinically healthy human populations, the highest seroprevalence was detected in the rural locality (14.0%). Children of the same area were 3 times more seropositive (12.9%) than those from the urban and montane localities (4.3 and 4.0%). Our studies suggest an important role for small mammals as paratenic hosts--reservoirs of Toxocara larvae--in maintaining toxocariasis foci. In this respect toxocariasis may be classified as an anthropopurgic focal zoonosis.

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Toxocara cati infections in stray cats in northern Iran.

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A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to study the prevalence and intensity of infection with Toxocara cati in 100 stray cats, from April to October 2004 in urban areas of Sari, northern Iran. A total of 44 cats (44%) were found to be infected with T. cati. There was a significant difference in the prevalence of infection relative to host age and weight (P = 0.000). There was also a significant difference in the intensity of infection relative to body weight and urban sites (P 0.05), nor in the intensity of infection between host gender, age and season (P>0.05). The intensity of infection ranged from 1 to 32 worms per cat, with a mean of 7.30 +/- 6.82.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Iran J Parasitol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Iran J Parasitol

Journal ID (publisher-id): IJPA

Journal ID (pmc): IJPA

Title: Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

ISSN (Print): 1735-7020

ISSN (Electronic): 2008-238X

Publication date (Print): Jul-Sep 2018

Volume: 13

Issue: 3

Pages: 480-485

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[1. ]Dept. of Cellular and Molecular, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

[2. ]Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

[3. ]Dept. of Pathology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

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[* ] Correspondence Email: youssefi929@ 123456hotmail.com

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Publisher ID: ijpa-13-480

PMC ID: 6243172

PubMed ID: 30483341

SO-VID: 88a93cde-4abe-463b-ab6a-dc4b155b8366

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