This study aimed to establish a rapid identification method for Balantidium coli, and to analyse prevalence data on B. coli infection in laboratory animals in China. A total of 14 964 laboratory animals (including 382 monkeys, 725 minipigs, 806 dogs, 1517 rabbits, 422 hamsters, 1545 guineapigs,...

A study on the coprological prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites using 94 faecal samples from different carnivores (n=32) and small mammals (n=15) was undertaken from January to May 2012 at Dhaka Zoo. The overall prevalence of parasitic infection was 78.72%, with a prevalence of 51.06% for...

Parasites have a profound impact on wildlife population dynamics. However, until some years ago, studies on the occurrence and prevalence of wildlife parasites were neglected comparatively with the studies on humans and domestic animals. In this study, we determined the parasite prevalence of two...

In Cambodia, intestinal parasitic infections are prevalent in humans and particularly in children. Yet, information on potentially zoonotic parasites in animal reservoir hosts is lacking. In May 2012, faecal samples from 218 humans, 94 dogs and 76 pigs were collected from 67 households in Dong...

The specific structure of intestinal Protozoa at dogs, cats, rodents and primates of Moscow is investigated. The animals are infected by Cystoisospora ohioensis, C. canis, C. felis, C. rivolta, Eimeria sp., Sarcocystis sp., Giardia sp., oocysts sub-family Toxoplasmatinae, family Trichomonalidae, ...

The results on the prevalence and effects of zoonotic diseases in humans and animals of Bangladesh are analyzed from the published literatures and presented in this report. It appears from the literature that there are about 1415 human pathogens of which 61% are zoonotic and nearly half of all...

An investigation on the prevalence of parasites and parasitic diseases in animals and birds was carried out from March 2001 to August 2002 in Aizawl town and its suburbs. In this north-eastern state of Mizoram, pigs are very common followed by cattle, dogs and goats. The overall helminthic...

The case of a German Spitz dog aged 3 years infected with Balantidium coli is reported from India.

375 faecal samples from 56 mammalian species belonging to 17 families of 4 orders were examined for B. coli from December 1994 to August 1995. B. coli was isolated from 6 species belonging to 4 families of 2 orders (Primates and Artiodactyla). White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), squirrel monkey (...

Relatively few species of zoonotic parasites have been recorded in humans in Papua New Guinea. A greater number of potentially zoonotic species, mostly nematodes, occur in animals but are yet to be reported from humans. Protozoa is the best represented group of those infecting man, with Giardia...