[Frequency of intestinal parasites in samples of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) commercialized in Lavras, Minas Gerais State].
The aim of this study was to evaluate the parasitological contamination in samples of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) commercialized in Lavras city, Minas Gerais. The samples of lettuce showed low hygienic conditions, indicated by the presence of parasites of animal or human origin and high concentration of fecal coliforms.
Guimarães
Antônio Marcos
AM
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brasil. amg@ufla.br
Alves
Endrigo Gabellini Leonel
EG
Figueiredo
Henrique César Pereira
HC
da Costa
Geraldo Márcio
GM
dos Santos Rodrigues
Luciano
L
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D001938:Brazil; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D018545:Lactuca / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification