Publications

[contamination of public children's playgrounds in hannover with helminth eggs].	fifty-two public sand pits on children playgrounds in hannover were investigated for the presence of parasites. a large proportion (63.5%) of these playgrounds were contaminated with parasite eggs. eggs from toxocara spp., toxascaris leonina and other common helminth parasites were found in 55.8%, 9.6% and 26.1% of these playgrounds, respectively. a total of 208 sand samples were collected, and 30.8% of them contained eggs from toxocara spp. (24.5%), toxascaris leonina (2.4%) or other common hel ...	1990	2331970
prevalence of endoparasites in stray and fostered dogs and cats in northern germany.	to get an overview of the current state of endoparasite prevalences in stray and not well-cared dogs and cats, faecal samples of 445 stray and foster dogs and 837 stray and foster cats were collected at their arrival at animal shelters in lower saxony (germany). they were investigated for infections with endoparasites by the use of sedimentation-flotation method. additionally, 341 canine and 584 feline samples were investigated by idexx snap® giardia test. stages of endoparasites were found copr ...	2012	22526289