Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Laboratory Animals in Plateau State Nigeria: The zoonotic implications

Parasitic agents in laboratory animals, are detrimental to the success of researches and can also infect personnel and researchers. This study is aimed at investigating the parasitic infections of laboratory animals maintained in animal houses of The National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nige...

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Published in:Journal of parasitic diseases 2022-03, Vol.46 (1), p.56-63
Main Authors: Akanbi, Olatunde B., Ola-Fadunsin, Shola David, Yahaya, Sadiq, Kaye, Rebecca, Shamaki, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capillaria hepatica
Eimeria
Feces
Handlers
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Infectious Diseases
Laboratory animals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original
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Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Rodentolepis nana
Skin diseases
Skin lesions
Species
Syphacia muris
Zoonoses
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Summary:Parasitic agents in laboratory animals, are detrimental to the success of researches and can also infect personnel and researchers. This study is aimed at investigating the parasitic infections of laboratory animals maintained in animal houses of The National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria, as well as determining the zoonotic implications of these parasites. Two hundred and six laboratory animals (72 rabbits, 55 guinea pigs, 50 mice and 29 rats) were randomly sampled. Faecal samples and skin scrapings were collected and subjected to parasitological analyses. Pathological examinations were conducted on laboratory animals that had skin lesions. Sixteen different species comprising of 7 nematodes, 5 cestodes, 3 protozoans, and 1 mite were detected. Eimeria species (40/206; 19.42%; 95% CI = 14.44–25.25) was the most prevalent parasite, followed by Syphacia muris (26/206; 12.62%; 95% CI = 8.59–17.69). Entamoeba caviae , Tritrichomonas caviae , Rodentolepis microstoma , Rodentolepis nana , Heterakis spumosa , Capillaria hepatica and Cysticercus fasciolaris were the least prevalent with a 0.49% prevalence each. Three, four, five and six different species of parasites were detected in mice, guinea pigs, rats and rabbits respectively. The Chi-Square analysis revealed that the infection rate of parasites was significantly higher ( p  =  
ISSN:0971-7196
0975-0703
DOI:10.1007/s12639-021-01420-y