Contaminação ambiental por ovos de helmintos em fezes de cães na orla da praia de Olinda, município de Olinda-PE

Abstract

Most parasitic helminths present an evolutionary cycle in which they are expelled to the outside, together with the feces, causing, thus, the contamination in the soil and its dissemination in the environment, being the animals like the dogs and cats, being sources of contamination of the soil, and thus man ends up being the target, since they use the same environments as animals. The objective of this study was to investigate environmental contamination by helmintheggs, with zoonotic potential, in faeces of dogs on the shore of the city of Olinda-PE. Fecal samples collected fromsidewalks on the beaches of Farol, Bairro Novo, Casa Caiada and Rio Doce were submitted to parasitological examination using the methods of Willis, Spontaneous Sedimentation and Flotac. It was observed that 41% of positivity for eggs of helminths, predominating, Ancylostomaspp. The Willis technique presented better egg detection performance.