OCCURRENCE OF Calodium hepaticum (BANCROFT, 1893) MORAVEC, 1982 EGGS IN FECES OF DOGS AND CATS IN LAGES, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Rosiléia Marinho de QUADROS Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias
  • Paulo Henrique Exterchoter WEISS Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias
  • Luiz Claudio MILETTI Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias
  • Anderson Barbosa de MOURA Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias

Abstract

This study aims to report the incidence of Calodium hepaticum among dogs and cats, pets or stray animals, captured by the Zoonosis Control Center (CCZ) in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Fecal samples from 108 pet dogs and eight pet cats, and from 357 stray dogs and 97 stray cats, captured by CCZ, were analyzed within the period from July 2010 to November 2012. Coproparasitological exams were performed by techniques of sedimentation, centrifuge-flotation, and simple flotation. Among 465 fecal samples from dogs and 105 from cats, the overall spurious infections for C. hepaticum eggs were 1.05%. For dogs, this positivity was 0.43% and for cats it was 3.81%. The two positive dogs were stray and out of the four cats, three were stray and one was a pet. Although the occurrence of C. hepaticum eggs was low, these data reveal the existence of infected rodents, especially in public places, since, out of the six infected animals, five (83.33%) were stray. These results are discussed and analyzed with an emphasis on the risk to public health.

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2016-01-01

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QUADROS, R. M. de, WEISS, P. H. E., MILETTI, L. C., & MOURA, A. B. de. (2016). OCCURRENCE OF Calodium hepaticum (BANCROFT, 1893) MORAVEC, 1982 EGGS IN FECES OF DOGS AND CATS IN LAGES, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 58, e6-. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/113134