Isolation and Diagnosis of Intestinal Helminthes from Stray Cats in Kirkuk City

In the present study 25 stray cats were collected and dissected in order to identify diagnose intestinal parasitic helminthes. The results of demonstrated infection all with one or more helmithes. identified helminthes belonged to: three species trematodes which Echinochasmus sp. (4%), Heterophyes (4%) Prohemistomum four cestodes Diplopylidium (24%), Dipylidium caninum 48%, Joyeuxiella pasqualei (16%) Taenia taeniaformis (12%), nematodes Physaloptera preputalis Toxocara cati (8%) Toxoascaris leonina (8%). Three (Echinochasmus, Heterophyes, Prohemistomum) isolated for first time from Iraq.