| endoparasitic infections in dogs from rural areas in the lobos district, buenos aires province, argentina. | dogs are definite hosts for several zoonotic helminthes and protozoan. rural areas from the lobos district in the northeast of buenos aires province, argentina, are mainly used for livestock activity, increasing in this way the number of dogs on farms as well as the human risk of parasitic infections. the aims of this research were to evaluate the endoparasitic infections in dogs from farms in the lobos district and analyze their zoonotic importance as well as several risk practices and habits o ... | 2013 | 23538502 |
| an epidemiological study of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs from southern greater buenos aires (argentina): age, gender, breed, mixed infections, and seasonal and spatial patterns. | a total of 2193 fecal samples from owned dogs were collected during the 2003-2004 period in southern greater buenos aires, and were evaluated for the presence of intestinal parasites by a flotation-centrifugation method. the overall prevalence was 52.4%, and the 11 species found were: ancylostoma caninum (13%), isospora ohioensis complex (12%), toxocara canis (11%), trichuris vulpis (10%), sarcocystis sp. (10%), giardia duodenalis (9%), isospora canis (3%), hammondia-neospora complex (3%), dipil ... | 2006 | 16364551 |
| [frequency of finding helminths eggs in canine stool samples collected in public places in the la plata city, argentina]. | a study was carried out in order to determine the level of contamination with helminth eggs in different sectors of the city of la plata, argentina. a total of 351 fecal pools were collected from streets (328) and parks and public places (23) of this locality. of these fecal pools, 117 (33.3%) contained eggs of at least one helminth species. the overall frequencies found were: uncinaria sp. 16.0%, trichuris vulpis 9.7% and toxocara canis 10.5%. | 1993 | 7993539 |