Estimation of canine intestinal parasites in Córdoba (Spain) and their risk to public health

Martínez-Moreno, F.J.; Hernández, Sandra Angélica Ramírez; López-Cobos, E.; Becerra, Carolina; Acosta, I.; Martı́nez-Moreno, A.

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.004

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“…Other studies have proved that these nematodes are both highly diffuse in red foxes and recently prevalence values similar to those found in the foxes from north eastern Italy have been reported (Suchentrunk & Sattmann, 1994;Steinbach et al, 1994;Saeed et al, 2006). Further, the prevalence of T. canis and U. stenocephala is higher in red foxes than in domestic dogs as observed in different study areas (Veneziano et al, 2006;Martinez-Moreno et al, 2007). In our opinion, foxes can act mainly as reservoir of parasites towards other canids, especially dogs.…”

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Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Cerbo

Manfredi

Bregoli³

et al. 2008

Helminthologia

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SummaryTwo hundreds and sixty red foxes, eighteen badgers and eight stone martens from north-eastern Italy were examined for zoonotic parasites by SCT, with particular attention to Trichinella sp. and Echinococcus multilocularis. No adult worms of E. multilocularis were observed in the intestine of red foxes or mustelids. Out of 223 fox faecal samples analysed by a commercial CA-ELISA, 5.8 % was positive to Echinococcus coproantigens. Trichinella sp. was detected by digestion of muscle in 1.2 % of examined foxes (2/172), but not in mustelids (0/11). Toxocara canis, responsible for human toxocarosis, resulted to be common in fox population (48.5 %). This parasite was found both in young (53.3 % of cubs and 61.9 % of sub-adults) and in adult animals (42.7 %). Other zoonotic parasites as Uncinaria stenocephala (52.3 %) and Trichuris vulpis (0.4 %) were detected in fox populations.

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Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Cerbo

Manfredi

Bregoli³

et al. 2008

Helminthologia

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“…Additionally, the canine population density varies from region to region, especially stray dogs. This one factor is related to socio-economic aspects of each population group in the same city 41,42 ; in this context, the peripheral areas of large cities offer better conditions for the high prevalence of helminth parasites 1,10,13,14,15,22,24,25 . The study results obtained in Guarulhos, where approximately 75% of districts had contaminated the soil with parasites responsible for zoonoses, indicate that the majority of the municipal population is at zoonotic risk.…”

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“…Each sample consisted of approximately 250 grams of soil collected by scraping with a metal spoon the soil surface to a 5 to 10 cm depth at five different points per site 5,8,24 . After mixing the five collected samples, the pooled samples analyzed on the same day as collected by the centrifugal flotation technique with sodium dichromate (d = 1.35) and zinc sulphate (d = 1.20) and the modified Baermann method 9,38 .…”

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Contamination of public parks and squares from Guarulhos (São Paulo State, Brazil ) by Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp.

Marques¹,

Guimarães²,

Boas³

et al. 2012

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYThe contaminated soil with mammal feces is an important factor of risk to infection with zoonotic diseases. Amongst these zoonoses are visceral larva migrans and cutaneous larva migrans caused by Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp., respectively. The aim of this study was to assess the environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs and hookworms (Ancylostoma spp.) in public parks and squares in the city of Guarulhos, a metropolitan area of São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil. Soil samples were collected, between September and December 2010, and examined using the centrifugal flotation technique with sodium dichromate and zinc sulphate as well as the modified Baermann method. Notably, 35 (74.5%) of the 47 districts surveyed in Guarulhos possessed samples contaminated with Toxocara spp. and/or eggs or larvae of Ancylostoma spp. The frequency of Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp. in the samples from public areas was 68.1% and 46.8%, respectively. Overall, the eastern side of Guarulhos is the region with the highest occurrence of causative agents of larva migrans. In all collection sites, the presence of feces from dogs and cats accompanied by their owners and stray animals were observed. Notably, it is important to adopt measures to control dog and cat breeding, to treat infected animals, and provide health education to the population.

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“…In fact, dog parasites represent a potential risk to public health, especially in children or immuno-compromised people, since direct or indirect transmission of parasitic infections from dogs to humans can occur (Martínez-Moreno et al, 2007;Xhaxhiu et al, 2011). Thus, there is continuing interest in implementing control measures (Traversa, 2012).…”

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Cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in north-west Italy

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SummaryThe present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal and cardio-respiratory parasites in dogs in Liguria (northwest Italy) which is a region that has scarcely been studied. A total of 450 dogs (260 males and 190 females) were enrolled in the study from 2009 and 2013. All dogs lived in a rural or semi-rural environment in the provinces of Imperia (n = 352) or Savona (n = 98), Liguria. Coprological examinations showed that 197 dogs (43.8 %, CI 38.7-48.9 %) were infected by parasites. Specifi cally, 3.3 % of the dogs presented only cardio-respiratory species, 32.4 % only intestinal species, and 8.0 % presented a mixed infection. The most frequent intestinal parasites were Toxocara canis (20 %), Trichuris vulpis (17.8 %), Ancylostomatidae (12 %), Coccidia (2.7 %), Aonchotheca putorii (1.8 %) and Toxascaris leonina (1.8 %). The cardio-respiratory species found were Eucoleus aerophilus (9.6 %), Eucoleus boehmi (1.6 %), Angiostrongylus vasorum (0.7 %), and Crenosoma vulpis (0.2 %). A total of 116 dogs (25.8 %) were parasitized by a single species, multiple infections were observed in 81 dogs (18.0 %) up to a six-order infection. This preliminary study highlighted that the prevalence of intestinal parasites in investigated area is high. Cardio respiratory parasites were detected in an area that has not been investigated before. The creation of a more extensive sampling programme of the area, on a provincial basis in order to build a more detailed map of prevalences for different species of dog parasites throughout Liguria, a more extensive sampling programme of the area needs to be created -ideally for each province.

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Estimation of canine intestinal parasites in Córdoba (Spain) and their risk to public health

Cited by 170 publications

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Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Contamination of public parks and squares from Guarulhos (São Paulo State, Brazil ) by Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp.

Cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in north-west Italy

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