[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.
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brasil. amg@ufla.br
Antônio Marcos
AM
Guimarães
Endrigo Gabellini Leonel
EG
Alves
Henrique César Pereira
HC
Figueiredo
Geraldo Márcio
GM
da Costa
Luciano
L
dos Santos Rodrigues
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