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A Survey Study on Gastrointestinal Parasites of Stray Cats in Northern Region of Nile Delta, Egypt Reda E. Khalafalla* Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt Abstract A survey study on gastrointestinal parasites in 113 faecal samples from stray cats collected randomly from Kafrelsheikh province, northern region of Nile delta of Egypt; was conducted in the period between January and May 2010. The overall prevalence was 91%. The results of this study reported seven helminth species: Toxocara cati (9%), Ancylostoma tubaeforme (4%), Toxascaris leonina (5%), Dipylidium caninum (5%), Capillaria spp. (3%), Taenia taeniformis (22%) and Heterophyes heterophyes (3%), four protozoal species: Toxoplasma gondii (9%), Sarcocyst spp. (1%), Isospora spp. (2%) and Giardia spp. (2%) and two arthropod species; Linguatula serrata (2%) and mites eggs (13%). The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites may continue to rise due to lack of functional veterinary clinics for cat care in Egypt. Therefore, there is a need to plan adequate control programs to diagnose, treat and control gastrointestinal parasites of companion as well as stray cats in the region. Citation: Khalafalla RE (2011) A Survey Study on Gastrointestinal Parasites of Stray Cats in Northern Region of Nile Delta, Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(7): e20283. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020283 Editor: Thomas J. Templeton, Weill Cornell Medical College, United States of America Received January 8, 2011; Accepted April 27, 2011; Published July 8, 2011 Copyright: 2011 Reda E. Khalafalla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credit