title: A Toxocara cati eggs concentration method from cats' faeces, for experimental and diagnostic purposes.
abstract: Toxocariosis is a zoonotic parasite infection worldwide distributed, now considered a neglected disease associated to poverty. For experimental infection in animals and to develop the diagnosis in humans it is necessary to obtain large number of Toxocara spp. larval eggs. Toxocara cati eggs recovered percentage from faeces of infected cats was determined employing a novel egg concentration method. The McMaster egg counting technique and the concentration method were applied on 20 positive cats' sample faeces obtained from naturally infected cats. The mean percentage of eggs recovered by the concentration method was 24.37% higher than the count obtained by McMaster egg counting technique. The main advantage of this method is that it can be obtained a small final volume with a high number of recovered eggs and a good quality inoculum for experimental and diagnostic purposes.
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: ncardillo@fvet.uba.ar.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Cardillo
authors: Cátedra de Veterinaria en Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Sommerfelt
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Fariña
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pasqualetti
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pérez
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ercole
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Rosa
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ribicich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D002415:Cats; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D016011:Normal Distribution; D010063:Ovum; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology
keywords: Concentration method; Faeces; McMaster; Toxocara spp.