Prevalencia del dipylidium caninum y su relación con los cambios hematológicos en perros de zonas urbanas del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of Dipylidium caninum and its relationship with hematological changes in dogs in urban areas of Cuenca. From April to August 2019, 384 stool samples were collected for a coproparasitic study using the flotation technique with saturated saline solution; this confirmed the parasitic existence. The samples were taken and selected from street dogs, as well as dogs belonging to owners, samples were collected from animals that showed symptoms of parasitosis. The dogs that were positive for the presence of Dipylidium caninum, had blood drawn to evaluate the hematological changes that the parasite could cause in the animal. The negative effect of Dipylidium caninum in dogs depends on many variables. Its zoonotic characteristics are usually a relevant problem to consider in public health, which is why the prevalence of this endoparasite that lives in parasitized y fleas especially and understand how important a strict vaccination schedule is for our pets. Our research will provide data that will contribute to the public health of the city. The following values were determined: total erythrocytes, total leukocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, total platelets, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, total and differential polymorphonuclear and mononuclear count finally total proteins were analyzed. The following parameters were used for the statistical analysis of the data: mean (𝑥̅), standard error (EE), minimum value (Min), maximum value (Max), median (Me) as a non-parametric analysis statistic. Of the total dogs sampled, 15 were positive for Dipylidium caninum whose prevalence is 3.91% and 369 were negative with a prevalence of 96.09%. There were significant differences in age, sex and origin, being different between females and males. Regarding the hematological changes, it was possible to analyze that there was no significant relationship to the presence of the parasite.