title: [Potential hazard of zoonotic parasites present in canine feces in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the zoonotic parasites prevalence in feral dog feces in Puerto Escondido.
  
  
  METHODS
  The fecalism frecuency was estimated in ten zones. To identify the parasites parasitological flotation and direct smear methods were used. The parasitic prevalence was estimated in the canine feces.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the zones presented canine fecalism. The parasitic prevalence in the feces was 73.33%. The parasites with the highest prevalence were Toxocara canis (47.78%), Ancylostoma caninum (17.88%), and Dipylidium caninum (13.89%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Canine fecalism comes from strayed and owned dogs. 66.66% of the parasites found in the dog feces are zoonotics. The factors associated to this problem are the suburban habitat, waste mishandling and nil tenure of stray dogs.
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: León
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vélez-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: Karen Lizbeth
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Reyes-Barrera
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rojas-Almaráz
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: Mónica Alicia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calderón-Oropeza
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: Julieta Karina
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cruz-Vázquez
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Mar, San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arcos-García
mesh_terms: D000722:Ancylostoma; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002590:Cestode Infections; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D057805:Pets; D017166:Toxocara canis; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission*