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The carcasses were dissected, and the digestive systems were removed. The esophagus, stomach, small intestine, caecum and colon were tightly ligated. All adult helminths were collected, preserved and identified.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth infections was 80.39% (123\/153). Of the cats from Kerman, 73% (73\/100) were infected with at least one helminth, including\n                      <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic>\n                      70% (70\/100),\n                      <jats:italic>T. leonina<\/jats:italic>\n                      8% (8\/100) and\n                      <jats:italic>P. praeputialis<\/jats:italic>\n                      17% (17\/100). Concurrent infection with two helminth species was found in 16% (16\/100) and of three species infections was found in 3% (3\/100) of the cats. Of the cats from Zabol, 94.33% (50\/53) were infected with at least one of the helminths, including\n                      <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic>\n                      69.81% (37\/53),\n                      <jats:italic>T. leonina<\/jats:italic>\n                      11.32% (6\/53),\n                      <jats:italic>P. praeputialis<\/jats:italic>\n                      37.73% (20\/53) and\n                      <jats:italic>T. cati<\/jats:italic>\n                      5.66% (3\/53). Concurrent infection with two helminth species was found in 28.3% (15\/53), and three species were found in 1.88% (1\/53) of the cats. Helminth infections were more prevalent in older cats. There was no association between sex and infection rate.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on the very high prevalence of zoonotic intestinal helminth infections in free\u2010roaming cats in southeast Iran, the potential public health risk emphasizes the need for intersectoral collaboration, particularly the provision of health and hygiene education to high\u2010risk populations, such as pre\u2010school and school\u2010age children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/vms3.1422","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,20]],"date-time":"2024-03-20T03:23:40Z","timestamp":1710905020000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Gastrointestinal helminths infection of free\u2010roaming cats (\n                    <i>Felis 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