B meshgi - department of paresitology, faculty of veterinary medicine, the university of tehran iran.
SH jamshidi - department of cilicial sciencess faulty of veterinary medicine, the university of tehran. Iran.
D Saadati - department of food hygiene, faculty of veterin medicine, medicine, the university , of tehran, iran
S bokaie - deparment of parasltology, scool of medicine, kashan university of medical scinces, iran.

toxocara cati is one of the most important and widespread of the helminth zoonosis. In the present study, helminthosis due to toxocara cati in 55 stray cats in tehran was studied by necropsy. In addititon , two different diagnostic methods, incuding serological and coprological test, for infection with this parasite were compared. the dot ELISA assay used toxocare cati crude antigens to evaluate the presence of serum anibodies against the mature nematode.

toxocara cati, stray cat, iran, diagnosis