DESCRIPTION OF PARASITES IN FAECAL SAMPLES COLLECTED IN PLAZAS OF DOWNTOWN TEMUCO, CHILE

• Autores: Olivares, Pamela, Valenzuela, Gastón, Tuemmers, Christian, Parodi, Jorge
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/10119
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/10119
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: contamination of public places; strongylus; poliparasitism; dogs; contaminación de parques; estrongílidos; poliparasitismo; perros

The aim of this study was to determine the level of contamination of public plazas in the city of Temuco with parasitic forms through dog faeces. A total of 102 faecal samples were collected in eight plazas of the city centre. Samples were processed by the sedimentation-flotation method (Teuscher method). The 89.2% of the samples resulted positive for a parasitic form, where strongyle-type eggs (69.6%) within the Phylum Nematoda and the oocysts of Isospora within the Phylum Protozoa (6.8%) were the most frequent. Half of the samples were poliparasitic where the triparasitism reached 21.5% of all samples. The findings indicate a polluted environment and poor waste management in the city center.