title: Analysis of the effect of soil saprophytic fungi on the eggs of Baylisascaris procyonis.
abstract: Baylisascaris procyonis is a soil-transmitted helminth mainly found in raccoons (Procyon lotor) which can also affect other domestic and sylvatic animals, as well as humans, when the eggs released in the feces of parasitized raccoons are accidentally ingested. Three assays have been conducted to assess the effect of three saprophytic fungi, Mucor circinelloides, Paecilomyces lilacinus, and Verticillium sp., on the eggs of B. procyonis. Firstly, their ovicidal effect was in vitro ascertained by placing 1 mL with 2 × 10(6) spores of each fungus in Petri plates with water-agar (2 %) and simultaneously adding 200 eggs of Baylisascaris/plate. Two in vivo probes were carried out, by spraying the fungal spores (3 mL containing about 2 × 10(6) spores/mL) on the feces of raccoons and coatis (Nasua narica) passing eggs of B. procyonis in a zoological park; the other assay consisted of evaluating the activity of the fungi after adding sand to fecal samples from raccoons. An ovicidal type 3 activity characterized by morphological damage of the eggshell with hyphal penetration, internal egg colonization, and embryo alteration was observed for all the tested fungi. In the plate assays, viability of Baylisascaris eggs reduced significantly by 53-69 % with Mucor, 45-62 % with Paecilomyces, and 52-67 % with Verticillium. A similar ovicidal effect was detected in the feces with sand. These results demonstrate the usefulness of spraying spores of M. circinelloides, Pa. lilacinus, or Verticillium sp. on the feces of animals infected by Baylisascaris to decrease the numbers of viable eggs and, thus, the risk of infection.
authors.affiliation: Parasitology, Zoonoses and Epidemiology (COPAR, GI-2120), Animal Pathology Department, Veterinary Faculty, Santiago de Compostela University, 27002, Lugo, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristiana F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Cazapal-Monteiro
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Fabián L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miguélez
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Romasanta
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paz-Silva
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Andrade
authors.forename: María S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Arias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000898:Antibiosis; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000502:physiology*; D009089:Mucor / Q000502:physiology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000502:physiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D011821:Raccoons; D012988:Soil Microbiology
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