Volume 6, 2015, Pages 387–391
Conference Agriculture for Life, Life for Agriculture
Open Access
Abstract
Soil-transmitted
helminthes infections are caused by different species of parasitic
worms. They are transmitted by eggs or larvae present in dog faeces,
which contaminate the soil. The presence of infective parasitic elements
in the environment represents an important way of transmission of
intestinally nematodes from dog to human and other animals. They can
become infected by accidental ingestion of the infective elements or
cutaneous contact with contaminated soil. The aim of this study was to
determine the possibility of contamination with canine intestinal worms
of the soil from different parks in Bucharest and a dog's shelter
outside of town. A total of 45 soil samples were collected from 4 dog
playpens (from which 3 fenced and 1 unfenced), 4 playgrounds and one
shelter dogs. Helminthes eggs were found in 22.22% of the soil samples.
Positive samples for at least one parasite have found in 1 (the unfenced
once), 4 playpens, 3/4 playground and 1/1 shelter dogs. The most
frequently parasites species found in the examinated soil samples were Toxocara spp. (17.17%), followed by Trichuris spp. (8.88%), Strongyloides spp. and Toxascaris spp.,
each one with 4.44%. 8.88% had only one kind of eggs, and two parasites
mixt were found in 13.33%. This study has shown that Toxocara spp. were
the main species of canine intestinally parasites in the soil samples,
representing a major zoonotic risk for human.
