TY  - JOUR
T1  - Contamination and Viability of <I>Toxocara</I> sp. in Feces Collected from Public Parks, Streets and Dogs in Tejupilco at the Subhumid Tropic of Mexico
AU - Romero, C. AU - Mendoza, G.D. AU - Bustamante, L.P. AU - Yanez, S. AU - Ramirez, N. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 23
SP  - 2996
EP  - 2999
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2996.2999
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2996.2999
KW  - Toxocara
KW  -zoonosis
KW  -parks
KW  -contamination
KW  -dogs
KW  -transmission
AB  - The contamination and viability of <I>Toxocara</I> sp. eggs in Tejupilco parks, Mexico was studied incubating samples to evaluate the infestation potential from fecal samples collected from dogs with owners and in soil, streets and home gardens near of the parks. Toxocara contamination in the soils of the parks was 24.68% with a viability of 60.88%. Contamination in home gardens was 19.5% with as viability of 49.21% and the streets shoed similar values of contamination (20.33%) with reduced viability (20.33%). The dogs had a 34.22% infestation being viable 93.75% of their eggs. The number of eggs were correlated with the larva viable (r = 0.97, p&lt;0.02). Results indicated that dogs, parks and the surrounding areas (streets and home gardens) are sources of potential infestation of the Toxocara and it is important to reduce the risk of transmission to humans by removing feces and controlling the parasites in dogs.
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