COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON COPROLOGIC RESULTS OF CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS IN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF GIZA EGYPT AND MUNICH GERMANY

HASSLINGER, M.A.; EL-ASSALY, THORAYA M.; SELIM, M.K.

doi:10.21608/avmj.1992.187345

COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON COPROLOGIC RESULTS OF CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS IN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF GIZA EGYPT AND MUNICH GERMANY

Document Type : Research article

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10.21608/avmj.1992.187345

Abstract

A total of 66 carnivorous animals (one fox, four jackals, two fenne foxes, one sand fox, one wild cat, three siam cats, one mongoos, one striped hyaena, three hyaenas, two pumas, two spotted leopards, tweleve lions, eight tigers, two leopards, three black leopards, six cheetches and fourteen dogs) kept in Giza Zoological gardens were coprologically examined for endoparasites with infection rate of 54.5%. The most prevalent parasites were ascarid nematodes. A total of 36 carnivorous animals (Three wild cats, two wild dogs, two lions, one puma, four chinese leopards, three gepards, four leopards, three pess leopards, three sibesien tigers, two simatsa tigers, two-black panthers, two-ozelots, two servals, two lyxse
and one Sumicata tetralachyta were kept in Munich Zoological gardens. The results of their coprological examination revealed 22.2% infection rate with endoparasites. The most prevalent endoparasites were ascarid nematodes.