Objective: To estimate the zoonotic parasites prevalence in feral dog feces in Puerto Escondido.
Material and 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%).
Conclusion: 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.
[Potential hazard of zoonotic parasites present in canine feces in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca]
[Category] 조류인플루엔자,
[Source] pubmed
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