INTESTINAL PARASITES OF DOGS AND ROLE OF DOGS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LARVA MIGRANS IN THE BELGRADE AREA

A coprologic and pathoanatomic examination conducted in the Belgrade a rea in 550 dogs revealed the following parasite species: Giardia lambl ia, Sarcocystis spp., Eimeria canis, Isospora canis, Alaria alata, Mes ocestoides lineatus, Dipylidium caninum, Taenia hydatigena, Taenia pis iformis, Toxocara canis, Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala a nd Trichuris vulpis, of which particularly high rates of infection wer e found for Toxocara canis at 35.27 % and for Ancylostomidae at 25.27 %. These findings stimulated our interest in examining the contaminati on of playgrounds, parks and other public areas in Belgrade, where egg s of Toxocara spp. and Ancylostomidae were found in 77 of the 98 locat ions examined. Such epizootiological conditions are obviously responsi ble for high larva migrans findings in humans.