HELMINTOFAUNA OF SOUTHERN ARALSEA DOMESTIC CATS (Felis domestica)
A. S. BERDIBAEV *
Nukus State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistan.
E. B. SHAKARBOEV
Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan.
A. J. KANIYAZOV
Samarkand State University of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology Nukus Branch, Uzbekistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Helminthological studies were conducted in domestic and stray cats in the northern districts of Karakalpakstan and as a result of research, 25 types of helminths were recorded in 36 domestic and stray cats examined helminthologically, and it was found that they belong to 3 types, 4 classes, 10 genera, 18 families, and 22 genera.Among them, 7 types of cestodes, 1 type of trematodes, 2 types of acanthocephala and 15 types of nematodes were found.According to the development cycle, 18 types of biohelminths and 7 types of geohelminths belong to the species recorded in domestic and stray cats.Domestic cats differ from stray cats in that they have more helminth infections and a greater diversity of helminth species.
Keywords: Acanthocephala, trematode, cestode, nematode, zoonosis