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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Prevalence of toxocara infection in domestic dogs and cats in urban environment

Kurnosova OP1, Odoevskaya IM1, Petkova S2, Dilcheva V2
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1 Skryabin All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants, Moscow

2 Department of Experimental Parasitology, Institute of experimental morphology, pathology and anthropology with museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia

Correspondence should be addressed: Irina M. Odoevskaya
Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya 28, Moscow, 117218; ur.relbmar@miayaksveodo

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Funding: this work was supported by the Russian Science Fund, Project #14-1600026.

Received: 2018-06-16 Accepted: 2018-08-10 Published online: 2018-09-25
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Fig. 1. Т. canis eggs
Fig. 2. T. cati egg
Fig. 3. T. cati invasive egg
Table 1. Indices of infection by Toxocara of domestic dogs
Note: EI — the extensity of infestation.
Table 2. Indices of infection by Toxocara in domestic cats
Note: EI — the extensity of infestation.