| Necropsies in 50 cats, males and females of different ages were performed from August 2000 to December 2001. Forty five (90%) of them had parasites. Eleven cats (22%) had single infection, 34 (75.6%) multiple infection, and only 5 (10%) were free of infection. The parasitic frequencies were as follow: Platynosomum fastosum (40%), Ancylostoma braziliensis (38%), Physaloptera praeputialis (34%), Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (18%), Dipylidium caninum (14%), Ancylostoma caninum (14%), Toxocara mistax (14%), Toxocara canis (10%), Trichuris campanula (6%), Toxascaris leonina (4%), Spirometra mansonoides (4%), Taenia taeniaeformis (4%) e Trichuris vulpis (2%). |
