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- Title
Environmental contamination by canine geohelminths.
- Authors
Traversa, Donato; di Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane; Di Cesare, Angela; La Torre, Francesco; Drake, Jason; Pietrobelli, Mario
- Abstract
Intestinal nematodes affecting dogs, i.e. roundworms, hookworms and whipworms, have a relevant health-risk impact for animals and, for most of them, for human beings. Both dogs and humans are typically infected by ingesting infective stages, (i.e. larvated eggs or larvae) present in the environment. The existence of a high rate of soil and grass contamination with infective parasitic elements has been demonstrated worldwide in leisure, recreational, public and urban areas, i.e. parks, green areas, bicycle paths, city squares, playgrounds, sandpits, beaches. This review discusses the epidemiological and sanitary importance of faecal pollution with canine intestinal parasites in urban environments and the integrated approaches useful to minimize the risk of infection in different settings.
- Subjects
NEMATODES; PARASITES; MARINE worms; PARASITIC nematodes in mammals; PLAY environments
- Publication
Parasites & Vectors, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-3305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1756-3305-7-67