[Occurrence of protozoa and helminthes in faecal samples of stray dogs from Itapema City, Santa Catarina].
Samples of feces from dogs seized by the health surveillance program of Itapema city, SC, were studied. From 158 samples examined 121 (76.6%) were positive, with a prevalence of Ancylostoma spp (70.9%), followed by Toxocara canis (14.5%), Trichuris vulpis (13.9%), Isospora spp (6.3%) and Dipylidium caninum (1.9%).
Blazius
Renê Darela
RD
Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC.
Emerick
Sheila
S
Prophiro
Josiane Somariva
JS
Romão
Pedro Roosevelt Torres
PR
Silva
Onilda Santos da
OS
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*