Cruz MI, Romero CE, Acevedo HA, Lecumberri LJ

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The purpose of this paper was to compare the presence of parasites in breed and non-breed dogs and to identify the genus of parasites most frequently found in various sizes of dogs. Data was obtained from the Parasitology Department in the veterinary Medicine and Husbandry Faculty at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City; 1767 cases from different areas of Mexico City were analyzed using salt-saturated floating and McMaster terchniques for egg counting. Data was studied by the independent categorical analysis test (probability 0.05). Dog breeds were classified by size. No significant statistical difference was found in parasitoses among breed and non-breed dogs, as about 42% of the analyzed dogs were positive in both groups. The same statistical test was used to find the relationship between dog size and parasite genus. This relationship was found to be highly significant (P = 2.842E-8), so it can be said that the dog's size influences parasites genus. It was observed that breed (size) dogs are more susceptible to parasites than non-breed dogs. Furthermore, the relationship between dog size and parasite genus was found to be highly significant (P = 1.98GE-6); this means that such relationship exists. The parasite genus found were the following: Toxocara canis 315 (17.82%), Ancylostoma caninum 227 (12.84%), Isospora spp 158 (8.94%), Taenia spp and Dipylidium caninum 48 (2.7%).

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