Effectiveness of using the method for determining contamination level of the distal extremity section in dogs with dipylidium cocoons
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https://doi.org/10.31210/spi2025.28.04.24Keywords:
parasitology, dogs, dipylidiasis, cocoons, contamination level, effectivenessAbstract
Parasitic zoonotic helminthiases with complex cycles and mechanisms of invasion transmission are a sanitary and hygienic problem on the global and local scale. The pathogens of these invasions are biologically, ecologically, physiologically, epidemiologically, epizootologically protected in natural conditions and actively circulate among different species of animals and humans directly or indirectly through the pathogens’ eggs with the tendency to contaminate the environment of existence. The presence of a large number of eggs in the environment guarantees the reliable functioning of the “parasite-host” system and leads to infecting of both intermediate and definitive hosts. The constant presence of viable helminthes eggs guarantees long-term maintenance of the epizootologic process. In this connection, the aim of the research was to determine the effectiveness of the method for determining the contamination level of the distal extremity section in dogs with dipylidium cocoons. The experimental studies were conducted in the Laboratory of Parasitology of Poltava State Agrarian University and veterinary clinic “Aibolyt” (city of Poltava). The method that allows detect the contamination of the distal extremity section in dogs in case of dipylidiasis was improved. According to the results of the conducted studies, it was determined that the use of the method for determining the contamination of the distal extremity section in dogs with dipylidium cocoons as to the number of positive samples and the average number of isolated invasive elements turned out to be the most effective. The sensitivity of the improved method in detecting dipylidium cocoons was higher by 30.0 and 90.0 % compared to the analogue method and the express method, respectively. Also, the improved method showed higher effectiveness in comparison with the analogue method – by 58.2 % (P<0.001) and with express method – by 89.8 % (P<0.001). The use in the improved method of the flotation solution, which demonstrates coagulation properties against foreign remains, facilitates the microscopy process. The obtained data allow us to recommend the improved method for determining the contamination level of the distal extremity section in dogs with dipylidium cocoons, as an effective and sensitive method for conducting sanitary and hygienic studies in monitoring dipylidiasis in dogs.
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