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Toxocara canis infection in dogs in Beersheba, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Ellis M. Cross ,
Ronan Zeitan  and
Viola Torok
Ellis M. Cross
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Negec District, Beersheba, Israel
Ronan Zeitan
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Negec District, Beersheba, Israel
Viola Torok
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Negec District, Beersheba, Israel
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Abstract

In the desert city of Beersheba, Israel, a survey was made of the infection rate of Toxocara canis in dogs. 3.0% of dogs destroyed at the municipal dog pound had intestinal T. canis. 7% of faecal samples gathered from day care centres throughout the city were shown to contain T. canis eggs. This low rate of infection could possibly be explained by the hot, arid climatic conditions which may render eggs non-infective or by the sandy soil in the area that may cover faeces containing T. canis ova and make the eggs unavailable to other dogs.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 139 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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