Table 1 Summary of Ancylostoma fecal positivity rate in dogs from studies in the Caribbean islands
From: Ancylostoma in dogs in the Caribbean: a review and study from St. Kitts, West Indies
Country/Island | Yeara | Percent positive for Ancylostoma spp.b | Description | Analysis method | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aruba | 1974 | 11.1 A. braziliense 18.5 A. caninum | 27 dogsc | Necropsy | [23] | |
Bahamas | 1957–1958 | 50.0 | 1–6 months | 127 dogsc 36 dogs: 1 to 6 mo New Providence and Grand Bahama | Necropsy | [24] |
84.3 | Adult | |||||
Bonaire | 1974 | 10.0 A. caninum | 10 dogsc | Necropsy | [23] | |
Cuba | 2005–2006 | 21.0 | Overall | 461 stray dogs 248 dogs: < 1 year of age 213 dogs: > 1 year of age Havana | Necropsy | [25] |
14.5 | < 1 year | |||||
26.6 | > 1 year | |||||
2015 | 39.0 | Urban | 49 urban owned dogs 59 rural owned dogs No age difference seen Municipality Santa Clara | Preserved 10% phenol Centrifugation with Sheather's sugar | [26] | |
40.0 | Rural | |||||
2015 | 44.6 | 547 samples from the ground Municipality Camagüey | Flotation in duplicate | [20] | ||
Curaçao | 1974 | 90.7 A. caninum | 54 dogsc | Necropsy | [23] | |
2011 | 21.0 | Overall | 157 dogs 6 months to 17 years of age 26 from a shelter, remainder owned and examined at a veterinary clinic | Centrifugation with sugar flotation solution | [21] | |
22.1 | Owned | |||||
15.4 | Shelter | |||||
Dominican Republic | 2018 | 58.0 | 113 dogs Primarily free-roaming adult dogs San Cristobal | McMaster; saturated salt solution | [27] | |
Grenada | 2007–2008 | 95.0 | 20 dogs Free roaming | Double centrifugation; zinc sulfate spg 1.18–1.2 | [28] | |
2008–2012 | 73.0 | Overall | 445 stray dogs Age estimated 8 dogs: < 12 weeks of age 32 dogs: 12 to 24 weeks of age 405 dogs: adult | Stored 10% formalin Flotation; saturated NaCl | [29] | |
87.5 | < 12 weeks | |||||
52.2 | 12–24 wk | |||||
74.1 | Adult | |||||
2019 | 68.8 | 154 dogs Presenting for laboratories at St. George’s University, School of Veterinary Medicine | FecalDx® (fecal antigen), IDEXX Laboratories | [30] | ||
Guadeloupe | 1982–1983 | 86.0 | 44 dogsc | Necropsy and fecal examination (method not described) | [31] | |
Jamaica | 1986 | 22.7 | 141 dogs Primarily adult and owned | Ritchie formol-ether in duplicate | [32] | |
St. Lucia | 1983 | 36.0 | 22 samples from the ground Samples from free-roaming and non-free-roaming dogs | Modified Ritchie formol-ether | [33] | |
Trinidad | 2017 | 33.0 | 100 owned dogs | Simple flotation; sodium nitrate | [22] | |