Prevalence of parasites in soil and dog feces according to diagnostic tests
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of parasites in soil and dog feces according to diagnostic tests. We studied soil from 25 public squares in Seropédica, Brazil. Five samples of soil were collected from each square. Eighty-one fresh fecal samples from dogs were analyzed. Th...
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Published in | Veterinary parasitology Vol. 170; no. 1; pp. 176 - 181 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
28.05.2010
Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier |
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Summary: | The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of parasites in soil and dog feces according to diagnostic tests. We studied soil from 25 public squares in Seropédica, Brazil. Five samples of soil were collected from each square. Eighty-one fresh fecal samples from dogs were analyzed. The technique described by Dunsmore et al. and an adaptation of the Rugai et al. method were used to recover parasites in soil, and the Willis, Hoffman and Centrifugal-Flotation techniques were used to detect parasites in feces. The
χ
2 and Fischer's exact tests were used to analyze the statistical significance of the results. Seven squares were found to be contaminated, and the most prevalent parasites were
Ancylostoma spp. (13.6%) and
Toxocara spp. (4.0%). The Dunsmore et al. technique and the adaptation of the Rugai et al. method did not differ in the detection of
Toxocara spp. (
p
=
0.21),
Trichuris spp. (
p
=
0.25),
Ascaris spp. (
p
=
0.49) and
Strongyloides spp. (
p
=
0.49) in soil. However, the two methods differed in the detection of
Ancylostoma spp. eggs (
p
=
0.029) and larvae (
p
=
0.001). According to granulometric analysis, the soil samples consisted mainly of sand (from 96.6% to 82.8%). Parasites were detected in 75 fecal samples, the most frequent being
Ancylostoma spp. (80.1%),
Toxocara spp. (11.1%) and
Cryptosporidium spp. (7.4%). There was no difference between the Willis and Centrifugal-Flotation techniques in the detection of
Ancylostoma spp., and both techniques were better than the Hoffman technique for detecting this parasite in feces. The Hoffman and Centrifugal-Flotation techniques were different (
p
=
0.03) in
Toxocara spp. detection. No difference was observed among these three for
Cryptosporidium spp. detection. The prevalences of zoonotic parasites in both dog feces and soil have implications for the spread of human disease in these areas. |
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ISSN: | 0304-4017 1873-2550 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.007 |