Parasites of stray cats (Felis domesticus L, 1758) on St Kitts, West Indies

During 2005-2006 100 stray cats on St Kitts were examined using standard parasitological methods Eggs identified were those of hookworms (88%) Trichuris spp (71%) Eucoleus aerophillus (16%) Mammomonogamus spp (45%) Physaloptera spp (18%) Toxocara spp (4%) Platynosomum spp (81%) and taeniids (30%) Coccidian oocysts were found in 12% of the cats and Ctenocephalides felis found on 26% When the direct fecal smear benchtop flotation modified double centrifugation fecal sedimentation and adhesive tape/scotch tape methods were compared the modified double centrifugation and benchtop flotation techniques detected most of the positive samples for the widest variety of parasites 50% (Toxocara spp) to 100% (hookworms) and 100% (Toxocara spp) to 96% (hookworms) respectively (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved