Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointesatinal parasites in cats at Surabaya shelter. Eighty two samples of cat feces used in this study were taken from Griya satwa shelter and Kiro cat shelter. Feces samples were examined using the native, sedimentation and floating...

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Main Authors: Akbar Wijaya Putra Purnama, Lucia Tri Suwanti, Hani Plumeriastuti, Endang Suprihati, Kusnoto Kusnoto, Agus Sunarso
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Published: Universitas Airlangga 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Parasite Science
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Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JoPS/article/view/16517
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author Akbar Wijaya Putra Purnama
Lucia Tri Suwanti
Hani Plumeriastuti
Endang Suprihati
Kusnoto Kusnoto
Agus Sunarso
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description The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointesatinal parasites in cats at Surabaya shelter. Eighty two samples of cat feces used in this study were taken from Griya satwa shelter and Kiro cat shelter. Feces samples were examined using the native, sedimentation and floating methods. Feces samples gastrointestinal parasite were identified by using a microscope with 400x and 1000x magnifications. Faces samples that are diagnosed positively if there is at least one of the three methods. Feces samples has observed, obtained prevalence rate of 43.9% or 36 positive samples from eighty two samples. The results of chi square analysis showed that p > 0.05, which showed that the parasites taken in the two shelters had clear differences in the prevalence of the gastrointestinal tract parasites. The parasites observed were Isospora sp., Ancylostoma sp., Toxocara cati and Toxocara leonina.
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spelling doaj-art-019a541318ea4a2b87deae2e7a2e87422025-01-09T04:39:35ZengUniversitas AirlanggaJournal of Parasite Science2599-09932656-53312019-09-0132475210.20473/jops.v3i2.1651713473Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East SurabayaAkbar Wijaya Putra Purnama0Lucia Tri Suwanti1Hani Plumeriastuti2Endang Suprihati3Kusnoto Kusnoto4Agus Sunarso5Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaDepartment of Veterinary Pathology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas AirlanggaThe purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointesatinal parasites in cats at Surabaya shelter. Eighty two samples of cat feces used in this study were taken from Griya satwa shelter and Kiro cat shelter. Feces samples were examined using the native, sedimentation and floating methods. Feces samples gastrointestinal parasite were identified by using a microscope with 400x and 1000x magnifications. Faces samples that are diagnosed positively if there is at least one of the three methods. Feces samples has observed, obtained prevalence rate of 43.9% or 36 positive samples from eighty two samples. The results of chi square analysis showed that p > 0.05, which showed that the parasites taken in the two shelters had clear differences in the prevalence of the gastrointestinal tract parasites. The parasites observed were Isospora sp., Ancylostoma sp., Toxocara cati and Toxocara leonina.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JoPS/article/view/16517prevalencegastrointestinal parasitecatshelter
spellingShingle Akbar Wijaya Putra Purnama
Lucia Tri Suwanti
Hani Plumeriastuti
Endang Suprihati
Kusnoto Kusnoto
Agus Sunarso
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
Journal of Parasite Science
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gastrointestinal parasite
cat
shelter
title Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
title_full Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
title_fullStr Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
title_short Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasite on Cats in Shelter East Surabaya
title_sort prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite on cats in shelter east surabaya
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gastrointestinal parasite
cat
shelter
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