Open AccessOcorrência de parasitos gastrintestinais em amostras fecais de felinos no município de Andradina, São Paulo
Author(s) -
Willian Marinho Dourado Coelho,
Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante,
Ricardo Velludo Gomes de Soutello,
Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles,
Kátia Denise Saraiva Bresciani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária/brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1984-2961
pISSN - 0103-846X
DOI - 10.4322/rbpv.01802010
Subject(s) - dipylidium caninum , biology , veterinary medicine , toxocara cati , cryptosporidium , giardia , feces , ancylostoma , direct examination , helminths , toxocara canis , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , medicine , political science , law
The purpose of this study was to verify the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in fecal samples from cats of the Andradina city, SP. This work was carried out from March to November of 2007, and used 51 cats delivered to the Center of Zoonoses Control of that city. Techniques of Willis and Faust were used in the fecal examination and resulted in detection of Ancylostoma spp. in 96.1% of the animals; Toxocara spp. in 43.1%; Cystoisospora spp. in 43.1%; Dipylidium caninum in 21.6% and Giardia spp. in 5.9% samples. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were detected in 3.9% fecal samples by the use of malachite green negative stain. There was no significant association between the occurrence of endoparasites and consistency of fecal samples. The results confirm that these cats represent important hosts of parasites, some of those with high zoonotic potential.