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Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Nematodiasis in Carnivores

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Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Helminths

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No animal species has, in the course of human civilization, better deserved the denomination “pet animal” than the descendants of the wolf and the wild Nubian cat. Dogs, and to a lesser extent cats, are not only one of the earliest domesticated animal species; they are the animals that have been by far the most intensively modulated by the domesticating process, into hundreds of breeds and races, to meet all kinds of human needs. The dog became a companion, a watchdog, a hunter, a tracker dog, a guide dog, and in the first place — as did cats — a pet; in some countries it still serves as meat for human consumption. There are about 70 million dogs and cats in the United States. During the 1960s the population of dogs increased by more than 40% whereas the human population increased by only about 10% (Faulkner 1975). The ratios of cat/man and dog/man vary between 1:26.5 for West Germany and 1:6.2 for the United States (Beck 1975). This increase in the number of pets relates to the population growth and the rising standard of living. One of the most important aspects of pet ownership is that dogs and cats are responsible for more than 65 zoonoses, e. g., rabies, ringworm, echinococcosis, ancylostomiasis, and visceral larva migrans (Feldman and Carding 1973; Woodruff 1975).

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Rochette, F. (1985). Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Nematodiasis in Carnivores. In: Bossche, H.V., Thienpont, D., Janssens, P.G. (eds) Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Helminths. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69527-8_9

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