ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to evaluate the parasitic diseases in patients brought to Firat University Animal Hospital (FUAH) between 1972 and 2019.
Patient records between 03.31.1972 and 06.02.1982 and between 04.24.2012 and 15.09.2019 in the archive of FUAH were checked.
In the mentioned period, 50.17% of the patients that applied to FUAH were cattle, 18.42% were dogs, 13.04% were horses, 10.7% were sheep, 3.26% were cats, 3.18% were goats, and 1.2% were other animals (rabbit, ornamental birds, donkey, and chicken). In this period, various parasitic diseases were detected in 1.411 (3.83%) of a total of 36,763 patients brought to FUAH. Considering the distribution of parasitic diseases according to animal species, the most ascariosis cases (46.19%) were detected in horses, followed by strongylosis and strongylosis+ascariosis mixed infections. In the second phase, dogs had the highest cases of ascariosis (43.07%), followed by scabies and coccidiosis. While ectoparasites, such as lice, fleas, and ticks, were encountered in a lesser ratio, leishmaniasis, a zoonotic infection, was also observed. In cattle, 41.95% of the parasitic diseases diagnosed were theileriosis, followed by coccidiosis, babesiosis, and leech cases.
The results of this study reveal that the variety of parasitic diseases changes with season and that control strategies should be diversified with this situation.
Keywords: Parasitic diseases, Fırat University Animal Hospital, prevalance