SURVEY ON TOXOCARA SPP EGGS AND ANCYLOSTO MA SPP LARVAE IN SOIL EXTRACTS FROM NOUMEA, NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE

Authors
BEUGNET F GADAT R
Citation
F. Beugnet et R. Gadat, SURVEY ON TOXOCARA SPP EGGS AND ANCYLOSTO MA SPP LARVAE IN SOIL EXTRACTS FROM NOUMEA, NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Revue de Medecine Veterinaire, 144(6), 1993, pp. 523-525
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Revue de Medecine Veterinaire → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351555
Volume
144
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
523 - 525
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1555(1993)144:6<523:SOTSEA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Larval toxocariasis and ankylostomiasis are parasitic zoonosis transmi tted to human by dogs and cats. Human infection are frequent in tropic al areas, A survey was made on the presence of Toxocara canis and Anky lostoma spp. in soil extracts from Noumea, Nouvelle-Caledonie. Fifty p er cent of the samples and 11 tested areas from 12 showed T. canis egg s. The soil of an enclosed playground contained T. canis and T. cati e ggs. Infectious larvae of Ankylostoma ceylanicum were found in the gra ss of two picnic areas.