Prevalence of canine giardiosis in South Korea

This study was carried out a survey for the presence of Giardia intestinalis infections in dogs using a Giardia ELISA kit (SNAP ® test, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME). Four hundred and seventy-two dogs (190 males and 282 females) were examined for a G. intestinalis infection in four differ...

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Published in:Research in veterinary science 2008-06, Vol.84 (3), p.416-418
Main Authors: Liu, J., Lee, S.E., Song, K.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
disease diagnosis
disease prevalence
disease surveillance
Dog
dog diseases
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - parasitology
Dogs
ELISA
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Giardia intestinalis
Giardia lamblia
giardiasis
Giardiasis - epidemiology
Giardiasis - veterinary
Korea - epidemiology
Male
Prevalence
signs and symptoms (animals and humans)
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:This study was carried out a survey for the presence of Giardia intestinalis infections in dogs using a Giardia ELISA kit (SNAP ® test, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME). Four hundred and seventy-two dogs (190 males and 282 females) were examined for a G. intestinalis infection in four different provinces (Kyunggi, Chonnam, Kyungnam and Chungnam) and a Seoul city in South Korea. Slightly more male dogs (15.0%) than female (8.6%) dogs were affected, there was no significant difference between the two groups. The overall positive rates of G. intestinalis infection were 11.2%, 14.9% being found in the 5-year-old group. X 2 analysis revealed a significantly higher prevalence (14.9%, P < 0.05) in the
ISSN:0034-5288
1532-2661
DOI:10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.06.003