| musca domestica as a carrier of intestinal helminths in calabar, nigeria. | a study was undertaken to examine the role of musca domestica as a carrier of intestinal helminths in calabar, nigeria. a total of 5000 house-flies were collected from markets and residential areas and examined for helminthic parasites using centrifugation, dissection and direct smear methods. four helminths were observed with the following frequency of infection on their external surfaces and gastrointestinal tracts respectively: ascaris lumbricoides ova (0.20% and 0.81%), strongyloides stercor ... | 1989 | 2791934 |
| comparative studies on the infestation of three different breeds of dogs by gastro-intestinal helminths. | the findings of an investigation mounted to evaluate and compare the prevalence of parasitic gastro-intestinal helminth ova in three different breeds of dogs in calabar, nigeria are presented. results of the investigation indicate that in alsatians, 25% infestation with strongyloides stercoralis, 25% toxocara canis, 65% ancylostoma caninum were found, in crossbreed between alsatian and mongrel, 15.56% infestation with strongyloides stercoralis, 10.93% toxascaris leonina, 25% toxocara canis, 68.7 ... | 1985 | 3869810 |
| studies on the prevalence of gastro-intestinal helminths of dogs in calabar, nigeria. | the results of investigational study to determine the prevalence of gastro-intestinal helminths of dogs in calabar, nigeria with particular emphasis on the effects of sex and age of the animals on the occurrence of these endoparasites are presented. of a total of 254 dogs sampled using saturated brime solution floatation method and formalin-ether sedimentation method, 223 (86.97%) were infected. a breakdown of the number of parasitized dogs shows that 180 (70.86%) were positive for ancylostoma c ... | 1985 | 3869127 |
| helminth ova in soil from children's playgrounds in calabar, nigeria. | a study was undertaken to examine the helminth ova in soil from children's playgrounds in calabar, nigeria. a total of 150 soil samples were collected from the playgrounds studied. ova of ascaris lumbricoides (10 percent, 12 percent and 20 percent) were found in these playgrounds. in addition, each of the following helminth ova was found respectively in each of the playgrounds: trichuris vulpis (4 percent), toxocara canis (8 percent) and strongyloides stercoralis (6 percent). the public health a ... | 1989 | 2582487 |