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- Parasitic infestations in dogs, especially in breeding kennels, lead to animal suffering and financial losses for breeders.
- These parasites can cause severe issues such as abortion in pregnant dogs and health problems like diarrhea or neurological symptoms in puppies.
- The review emphasizes the need for a comprehensive and multidisciplinary strategy to effectively diagnose and control these common parasitic diseases in dog populations.
Article Abstract
Parasitic infestations in dogs are frequent, particularly in breeding kennels, being a cause of suffering in animals and economic loss for breeders. In breeding bitches, some parasites may cause abortion, and in puppies they may be responsible for neonatal mortality, weaning diarrhea, or neurological clinical signs. This review aims to investigate the factors of predisposition, diagnostics, and control in relation to the most frequent parasitic diseases in breeding kennels. It highlights that the control of parasitic diseases in dogs at the population level is complex. A holistic multidisciplinary and pluritechnical approach is thus needed to deal with endoparasitoses.
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