Table 1 Review of information about presence and prevalence of helminths found in cats in the Caribbean Islands and Countries
Island/Country | Year of study | Study population | Tropical/subtropical parasites (% positive) | Other parasites (% positive) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aruba | 1974 | 18 cats | Trichuris sp. (17%) | Ancylostoma tubaeforme (28%) | Rep (1975) [34] |
Oncicola canis (11%) | |||||
Dipylidium caninum (33%) | |||||
Taenia taeniaformis (17%) | |||||
Bahamas | 1957–1958 | 21 cats | Trichuris sp. | Ancylostoma spp. | Clarkson & Owen (1959) [35] |
Eucoleus (Capillaria) aerophila | |||||
Physaloptera praeputialis | |||||
Toxocara cati | |||||
Dipylidium caninum | |||||
Taenia taeniaformis | |||||
Bonaire | 1974 | 12 cats | Trichuris sp. (25%) | A. tubaeforme (42%) | Rep (1975) [34] |
O. canis (42%) | |||||
Thelazia sp. (17%) | |||||
D. caninum (58%) | |||||
T. taeniaformis (25%) | |||||
Grand Cayman | 2009–2010 | 55 free-roaming catsa | Platynosomum fastosum (29%: 2% active infection; 27% resolving infections) | Spirometra spp. (18%) | Headley et al. (2012) [36] |
2013–2014 | 36 free-roaming catsa | Not tested | Dirofilaria immitis (11%) | Darby et al. (2019) [15] | |
Curaçao | 1974 | 53 cats | Trichuris sp. (23%) | A. tubaeforme (83%) | Rep (1975) [34] |
P. fastosum (4%) | O. canis (2%) | ||||
T. cati (4%) | |||||
Thelazia sp. (4%) | |||||
D. caninum (26%) | |||||
Spirometra mansonoides (4%) | |||||
T. taeniaformis (42%) | |||||
Grenada | 2004–2008 | 137 free-roaming catsa | Not tested | D. immitis (9%) | Fernandez et al. (2010) [37] |
2018 | free-roaminga and domestic cats | Trichuris sp. (33%) | Ancylostoma sp. (79%) | Paterson et al. (2019) [16] | |
Mammomonogamus sp. (40%) | D. immitis (14%) | ||||
57 fecal examinations | Toxocara cati (9%) | ||||
Toxascaris leonina (2%) | |||||
65 blood samples | D. caninum (3.5%) | ||||
Guadeloupe | 1982–1983 | 31 cats | Not detected | Ancylostoma sp. | Esterre & Maitre (1985) [38] |
T. cati | |||||
T. leonina | |||||
T. taeniaeformis | |||||
Jamaica | 1953c | Case report | P. fastosum | P. praeputialis | Guilbride (1953) [39] |
Mammomonogamus (Syngamus) ierei | |||||
Puerto Rico | 1964 | 70 cats from San Juan | Trichuris vulpis (6%) | A. tubaeforme (51%) | de León & Kolodziej (1969) [40] |
P. fastosum (72%) | A. braziliense (85%) | ||||
O. canis (2%) | |||||
P. praeputialis (3%) | |||||
T. cati (75%) | |||||
D. caninum (42%) | |||||
Diphyllobothrium mansoni (10%) | |||||
T. taeniaeformis (3%) | |||||
1973 | 5 cats from Ponce | P. fastosum | A. tubaeforme | Acholonu (1977) [41] | |
P. praeputialis | |||||
D. caninum | |||||
Spirometra mansoni | |||||
T. taeniaeformis | |||||
St Kitts | 2005–2006 | 100 free-roaming catsa | Trichuris sp. (71%) | Hookworms (88%) | Krecek et al. (2010) [12] |
Platynosomum sp. (81%) | Eucoleus aerophilus | ||||
Mammomonogamus spp. (45%) | Physaloptera sp. | ||||
Toxocara spp. | |||||
Taeniid | |||||
2013–2014 | 41 owned indoor and indoor/outdoor cats | Trichuris sp. (26%) | Ancylostoma sp. (5%) | Ketzis et al. (2015) [8] | |
Platynosomum sp. (22%) | T. cati (2%) | ||||
Mammomonogamus spp. (2%) | |||||
2014–2015 | 35 free-roaming catsa | Trichuris felis (83%) | A. tubaeforme (94%) | Geng et al. (2018) [10] | |
P. fastosum (57%) | Capillarids (17%) | ||||
M. ierei (57%) | T. cati (9%) | ||||
D. caninum and T. taeniaformis) (31%) | |||||
2017 | 50 free-roaming catsa | Trichuris sp. (66%) | A. tubaeforme (88%) | Eisenbraun et al. (2019) [9] | |
P. fastosum (68%) | Capillarids (2%) | ||||
M. ierei (60%) | Metastrongyloid larvae (2%) | ||||
Physaloptera sp. (2%) | |||||
T. cati (16%) | |||||
D. caninum (2%) | |||||
Taeniids (14%) | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2013 | Case report | P. fastosum | – | Montserin et al. (2013) [42] |