Abstract
Prevalência de ovos de helmintos em fezes de cães em áreas urbanas de Pelotas, RS, Brasil
Highlights
Dogs play an important role as pets in people’s lives because dogs provide psychological and social benefits
Parasitic infections caused by Toxocara canis, Ancylostoma caninum and Ancylostoma braziliense, Echinococcus granulosus, Dipylidium caninum and Trichuris vulpis stand out (ARAUJO, 2006; LABRUNA et al, 2006; GUIMARÃES et al, 2007)
The dog population is a determining factor in the level of environmental contamination by eggs and larvae of pathogenic parasites in urban areas (CAPUANO & ROCHA, 2006). Because they are not included in worm control programs and have free access to public areas, play an important epidemiological role in the contamination of the environment. This contamination is increased by domiciled dogs that are taken for walks and whose owners do not collect the feces (CAPUANO & ROCHA, 2006; LABRUNA et al, 2006)
Summary
Dogs play an important role as pets in people’s lives because dogs provide psychological and social benefits. The dog population is a determining factor in the level of environmental contamination by eggs and larvae of pathogenic parasites in urban areas (CAPUANO & ROCHA, 2006) Stray dogs, because they are not included in worm control programs and have free access to public areas, play an important epidemiological role in the contamination of the environment. Because they are not included in worm control programs and have free access to public areas, play an important epidemiological role in the contamination of the environment This contamination is increased by domiciled dogs that are taken for walks and whose owners do not collect the feces (CAPUANO & ROCHA, 2006; LABRUNA et al, 2006). Considering the size of the dog population in Pelotas county, the lack of feces collection in public areas and the scarcity of studies that have assessed the degree of contamination in this city, the present study aimed to determine the parasite prevalence in dog feces found on public roads
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