ORIGINAL_ARTICLE More than 30 dog parasite species have been identified in Bosnia and Herzegovina so far, and half of these are zoonotic. The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence of parasitic infections in dogs from Bosnian-podrinje canton with a focus on zoonotic parasites. The study included 212 dogs (107 owned and 105 stray). One or more of the twenty parasite species were found in 82.55% of tested samples. Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Class Trematoda) was found in 0.94% of dogs. Dipylidium caninum and Mesocestoides lineatus (Class Cestoda) were found in 7.55% and 0.94% of dogs, respectively. Taenia spp. and Echinococcus spp. (Family Taeniidae) were found in 0.47% and 0.94% of samples, respectively. In the family of Nematoda, the following parasite species were identified with corresponding percent among tested dogs: Toxocara canis (25.94%), Toxascaris leonine (8.96%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.47%), Ancylostoma caninum (3.77%), Uncinaria stenocephala (52.36%), Trichuris vulpis (22.17%), Eucoleus aerophilus (1.42%), Dirofilaria immitis (1.89%) and Dirofilaria repens (1.42%). In the kingdom of Protozoa, the following parasite species were identified with corresponding percent among tested dogs: Cystoisospora canis (8.49%), C. ohioensis (2.36%), Cryptosporidium spp. (4.72%), Sarcocystis spp. (0.47%), Babesia spp. (5.19%), and Giardia duodenalis (15.57%). Leishmania infantum was not identified in tested samples. The results showed a high level of parasitic infestation in the dog population in the Bosnian-Podrinje canton, with a high occurrence of zoonotic parasites. Significant differences were found between owned and stray dogs for all classes of detected parasites with exception of the class Trematoda, disregarding specific parasite species. https://macvetrev.mk/Files/Article/2021/10.2478/macvetrev-2021-0011/macvetrev-2021-0011.pdf 2021-03-15T09:00:00 63 70 10.2478/macvetrev-2021-0011 Bosnian-Podrinje canton dogs endoparasites zoonotic Jasmin Omeragić false 1 Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases of Animals, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Davor Alagić false 2 Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Sabina Šerić-Haračić sabina.seric-haracic@vfs.unsa.ba false 3 Department of Animal Health and Economics, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina LEAD_AUTHOR Naida Kapo false 4 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Darinka Klarić Soldo false 5 Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases of Animals, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Emina Šabić false 6 Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases of Animals, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Ćazim Crnkić false 7 Department of Feed and Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Dženita Hadžijunuzović-Alagić false 8 Clinics of Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Edin Aganović false 9 Government of the Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Goražde, Maršala Tita 2, 73000 Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Vedad Škapur false 9 Institute of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina AUTHOR Dantas-Torres, F., Otranto, D. 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