TY - JOUR ID - 169759 TI - Detection of Dirofilaria immitis antigen in cats in Mosul city JO - Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences JA - IJVS LA - en SN - 1607-3894 AU - Alobaidii, Wasan A. AU - Mohammed Zaki, Zeena D. AU - Hasan, Manal H. AD - Department of Microbiology,College of Veterinary medicine ,University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq AD - Department of Dentistry, Al-Noor University College, Mosul, Iraq AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 36 IS - 1 SP - 57 EP - 60 KW - Dirofeleria imitis KW - cats KW - Direct ELISA KW - Mosul DO - 10.33899/ijvs.2021.128997.1616 N2 - This study is the 1st trial to detect of Dirofeleria imitis in cats in Mosul city, Iraq, Dirofilariasis is the most dangerous nematodes which infect cats, through this study blood samples was collected from 200 cats (different ages, source and rearing management) to investigate from the mature female worms of D. immitis by using direct ELISA, results showed total percentage of infection was 7% (14/200 animals), the relationship between the infection with age of cats was proportional to the age of cats, as the percentage increases with the age of cats, the high prevalence of infection was recorded in cats more than 2 years old 4%, the kittens less than 1 year old showed low prevalence of infection 0.5%, statistically there is a significant differences (P<0.05) between the oldest animals with other ages, significant differences (P<0.05) between Outdoor cats which recorded high prevalence of infection 4%, while Indoor animals recorded low prevalence of infection 3% with D. imitis, 10 of imported cat was infected with D. imitis with high prevalence of infection (5%) when compare with native cats 2%, without significant differences (P<0.05) between two groups, this study was conducted that the prevalence of D. imitis is high in adult cats, with high prevalence in outdoor rearing and the cats with imported origin.  UR - https://www.vetmedmosul.com/article_169759.html L1 - https://www.vetmedmosul.com/article_169759_9848be5c45224a40d35edc6d55bbebb6.pdf ER -