Research Article
Epidemiological Investigation of Canine Leishmaniasis in Southern Morocco
Table 2
Origin and nature of studied dog populations.
| Date | Provinces | Localities | Male | Female | Total | Age range* | Feral dogs | Domestic dogs | Veterinary follow-up | Suspected dogs | Dogs without clinical signs |
| 2004–2006 | Marrakech | Semlalia | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2–4 y | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Landfill site | 43 | 17 | 60 | 18 m–4 y | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 |
Tadchirt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3–5 y | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aoudad | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1–6 y | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Belbakkar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 y | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Chouflidi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 y | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Amerchich | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 y | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Douar Laasker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 m–3 y | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sansou | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 m–2 y | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Guennoun | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.5–3 y | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al Haouz | Ghmate | 22 | 5 | 27 | 4 m–6 y | 10 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 17 | Ourika | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 m–6 y | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Chichaoua | Zinit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3–8 y | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Ait Moussa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2-3 y | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Timsal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 y | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Ait Ishaq | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3–7 y | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Ikhriben | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2–16 y | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Azilal | Tanant | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 m–2 y | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Foum Jemaa | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 m–4 y | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Ait Tagalla | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 m–2 y | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Ait tkhajet | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 m–5 y | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Ait Chwarit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 m | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ait Malek | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 m–2 y | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Tigit | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 m–3.5 y | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Imadahen | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 m–11 y | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 | Makoussa | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 m–10 y | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 10 | Zelguen | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 m–2 y | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | Marrakech | Landfill site | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 m–5 y | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Al Haouz | Ghmate | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 m–3 y | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | Ourika | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 m–7 y | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Total (%) | 182 (74.9) | 61 (25.1) | 243 (100) | — | 137 (56.4) | 106 (43.6) | 14 (5.8) | 48 (19.8) | 195 (80.2) |
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m: month; y: year.
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