A Survey on Canine Parasites in the Tokyo Area

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A status quo survey was conducted on parasitic infection of dogs in the Tokyo area for about a year Autopsy was performed on 65 dogs. 1. Parasites were found in 98.5% of the dogs autopsied. Of them, canine filariae were detected from 89.7%, canine hookworms from 81.5%, canine whipworms from 49.2%, Dipylidium caninum from 49.2%, canine ascarides from 21.5%, and Diphyllobothrium mansoni from 1.5%. The numbers of parasites per capita were 1-51 (14.3 on the average), 1-200 (28.5), 2-181 (27.3), 1-85 (13.5), 1-60 (13.1), and 1, respectively. 2. Only one species of parasites was harbored by 30.2% of the dogs infected. Two to four species were present in the same individual in 69.8% of these dogs. 3. The present survey showed essentially the same results asthose conducted in Tokyo during the nineteen thirties to fifties with regard to the species detected and the prevalence observed.

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