Assessment of gastrointestinal helminths among house mice ( Mus musculus) caught in the north-west of Iran, with a special view on zoonotic aspects

The objective of this study was to assess parasitic infection and associated risk factors among house mice caught in West Azarbaijan, north-west of Iran, with a special view on zoonotic aspects. One hundred and fifty six captured rodents were individually anesthetized with ether and dissected. The whole gastrointestinal tract was excised and examined for the presence of parasites. Of 156 examined mice, 43 (27.6  %) were found positive for gastrointestinal parasite. The overall, three Nematoda species; < em class= " a-plus-plus " > Syphacia obvelata < /em > (11.5  %), < em class= " a-plus-plus " > Syphacia muris < /em > (1.9  %), and < em class= " a-plus-plus " > Aspicularis tetraptera < /em > (1.3  %) and two Cestoda species; < em class= " a-plus-plus " > Hymenolepis diminuta < /em > (8.3  %) and < em class= " a-plus-plus " > Hymenolepis nana < /em > (4.5  %) were collected. Twenty four (81.4 %) and five (18.6 %) infected mice showed single and mixed infections, respectively. The difference was shown significant by statistical analysis ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > p < /em >   & gt;  0.05). The rate of infection was greater in Nematoda 23 (14.8 %) than Cestoda species 20 (12.8 %). Statistical analysis indicated that this difference was not significant ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > p < /em >   & gt;  0.05). According to the host sex, significantly higher prevalence of infection was noted in male (31 %) compared to female (25.5 %). The results obtained ...
Source: Comparative Clinical Pathology - Category: Pathology Source Type: research