A survey on intestinal parasites of livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs in Switzerland

Frey, Caroline; Regotz, J.; Rosenberg, Gertrud; Gottstein, Bruno; Kohler, S. (2010). A survey on intestinal parasites of livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs in Switzerland. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 152(12), pp. 569-573. Bern: Huber 10.1024/0036-7281/a000126

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The present study describes the occurrence of intestinal parasite infections in livestock guardian dogs and herding dogs. A total of 71 guardian dogs (more than half of the total number of guardian dogs in Switzerland) and 21 herding dogs were coprologically examined, using a combined sedimentation-flotation method. In 21 (23 %) of the dogs intestinal parasites were detected, and 8 (8.7 %) of these dogs shed either sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. (n = 6) or taeniid eggs (n = 2). The evaluation of questionnaires providing data on age, origin and deworming schemes of the dogs completed the study.

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