1. Chapter Thirty-Five: Prevalence of patent Toxocara spp. infections in dogs and cats in Europe from 1994 to 2019.
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Overgaauw, Paul and Nijsse, Rolf
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FELIDAE , *TOXOCARA , *DOGS , *CATS , *FERAL dogs , *META-analysis - Abstract
Objectives: To provide an overview of Toxocara prevalences in dogs and cats in Europe from the last 25 years. Method: Systematic review of the literature. Results: Over the past 25 years, prevalence studies of Toxocara spp. have been published from 26 European countries. The average prevalences were 14.6% for T. canis in all dogs and 24.5% for T. cati in all cats. Specified for young dogs until 6 months old this was 41.2%, for young cats until 6 months old 25%, adult owned dogs 11.1%, adult owned cats 16.3%, stray dogs 17.6%, and stray cats 33.5%. A recent study in seven European countries showed a prevalence of 3.4% for adult dogs and 4.2% for adult cats. The prevalences seem not to decrease over the years. Conclusion: The prevalence of patent Toxocara infections over the last 25 years did not show a distinct declining trend. Prevalence data provided by recent modern antigen tests showed much lower results than from older studies. Results from studies using less diverse methods and well-defined study-populations could provide more clarity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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