Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Toxocara cati Infection in Feral Cats in Alexandria City, Northern Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was performed to determine the prevalence and to identify precisely Toxocara spp., which infects feral cats in Alexandria, Egypt based on morphological and molecular approaches.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 feral cats trapped from different areas of Alexandria during 2018. Adult male and female worms were recovered from small intestinal contents after euthanasia and dissection of cats. Distinct morphological features were initially determined using available keys, and then after amplification and sequencing of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) gene was carried out and phylogenetic trees were constructed.

Results

Forty out of 100 cats were infected with Toxocara spp. Intensity o

SUBMITTER: El-Seify MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8418653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature