Abstract

OLIVARES, Pamela; VALENZUELA, Gastón; TUEMMERS, Christian  and  PARODI, Jorge. Description of parasites in faecal samples collected in plazas of downtown Temuco, Chile. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2014, vol.25, n.3, pp.406-413. ISSN 1609-9117.

The aim of this studywas to determine the level of contamination of public plazas in the city of Temuco with parasitic forms through dog faeces. A total of 102 faecal samples were collected in eight plazas of the city centre. Samples were processed by the sedimentation-flotation method (Teuscher method). The 89.2% of the samples resulted positive for a parasitic form, where strongyle-type eggs (69.6%) within the Phylum Nematoda and the oocysts of Isospora within the Phylum Protozoa (6.8%) were the most frequent. Half of the samples were poliparasitic where the triparasitism reached 21.5% of all samples. The findings indicate a polluted environment and poor waste management in the city center

Keywords : contamination of public places; strongylus; poliparasitism; dogs.

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