| estimation of canine intestinal parasites in córdoba (spain) and their risk to public health. | the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in dogs was studied in the province of córdoba (southern spain), with special attention to those parasites that can be transmitted to man. the experiment was completed with the examination of soil samples from public parks and city gardens. the study was carried out over a population of 1800 animals entered in the control animal centre (ceca) by coprological methods, and within this group, 300 dogs were sacrificed and necropsied. the prevalence of any ... | 2007 | 16971046 |
| helminth parasites in faecal samples from the endangered iberian lynx (lynx pardinus). | the iberian lynx is the most endangered felid in the world. enteropathogens may threaten its survival, and therefore we analysed faecal samples from 66 different individuals (37 males and 29 females), the largest population representation studied to date. the samples were obtained from november 2005 to october 2008 in the two areas where the iberian lynx survives: sierra morena and doñana (andalusia, southern spain). a total of 56.1% samples were parasitized with at least 6 species of helminths, ... | 2011 | 21349643 |