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Description of pet population and canine heartworm epidemiology in Itacoatiara, municipality of Niterói, RJ.

2000; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

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Maria Lúcia Serrão, Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista, Elan Cardozo Paes-de-Almeida, Patrícia Carla dos Santos, Yuri Fontenele Melo, Norma Labarthe,

Virology and Viral Diseases

To evaluate canine and feline populations of ltacoatiara, Niteroi, RJ, a census was conducted from January to March 1995. Only canine prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in the district was determined once feline microfilaraemia is rare and transitory and therefore of no epidemiologic importance. Autochthonous cases were demonstrated. Pet population in ltacoatiara was 36% of human population. lt was estimated that in 1995, at ltacoatiara, there were 95 dogs infected by D. immitis with microfilaraemia and therefore source of infection. The prevalence of microfilaraemic cases was 31 ,7%. Among the 91 ltacoatiara born and raised dogs (autochthonous) 37,8% were microfilaremic.