Lietuvoje nelaisvėje laikomų lūšių ir gyvūnų globos namuose laikomų kačių infekcinių ligų profilaktikos įvertinimas

• Main Author: Ūselytė, Monika
• Other Authors: Kučinskienė, Jūratė
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: Institutional Repository of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences 2019
• Subjects: cat; lynx; FPV; helminths; welfare; Katino; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: http://lsmu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/33822170.pdf; http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAETD33822170&prefLang=en_US

The study was conducted in 2018 with Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) living in captivity in the Klaipėda Zoo, Lithuanian Zoo, recreation center "Žvėrinčius", park "Gamtos perlai" and with domestic cats (Felis catus) in the animal shelters VŠĮ "Katino Svajonė" and VŠĮ "Lesė". The purpose of the study was to evaluate the use of prophylactic measures for infectious diseases in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) held in captivity and cats kept at animal shelters, as wild cats that are infected with an infectious disease spreads infectious diseases for wild felines. The fecal samples of 20 Eurasian lynx and 20 domestic cats were investigated for feline panleukopenia and gastrointestinal helminths. During investigation a single positive sample of FPV was found in European lynx. During fecal examination 10 lynx were found possitive for gastrointestinal helminths. Toxoscaris leonina, Toxocara cati, Ancylostoma sp. eggs and mites and their eggs were found in lynx feces. Four cats were infected Toxocara cats, Ancylostoma sp. eggs. Parasite infection was found to be lower in cats than in lynx (p <0.05) and dehelminthisation in the last month was more common in cats than lynx (p <0.05). During the evaluation of animal welfare the greatest number of inconsistencies was in the diagnosis and prophylaxis of diseases, living space requirements.