title: First report of Lagochilascaris (Nematoda: Ascarididae) eggs in a public park in Southern Brazil.
abstract: Public parks, especially in developing countries, are places where stray animals run free and may contaminate the environment with different species of parasites. In an evaluation of environmental sanitation of these sites, soil samples were collected monthly from public parks in the Pelotas city, Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil. Eggs of the nematode Lagochilascaris sp. were found in a public playground. This is the first report of identification of this nematode in Southern Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Micaele Quintana
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeske
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gallina
authors.forename: Sibele
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borsuk
authors.forename: Maria Elisabeth Aires
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Berne
authors.forename: Marcos Marreiro
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Villela
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D011633:Public Facilities; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil