Contaminação por helmintos em parques e bosques municipais de Goiânia, Goiás
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2018-02-15
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Helminthic zoonosis constitutes part of the public and collective health problems due to the ever-closer approximation between humans and animals. There is a shortage of information about the contamination, prevention and care forms to be taken to avoid these conditions which makes difficult to reduce it on the population. Therefore, it is essential to research about the life cycle of parasites and its human-animal relation. Among the transmission forms, soil stands out, since parasitized animals defecate on the soil and disseminate eggs, what makes possible the infection of others. Including the places that the animals usually visit, there are parks and groves of the cities. Therefore, the aim of this research was to analyze on the collected dogs and cat’s stool samples on these places in Goiânia, Goiás, the existence of helminths that can cause diseases in humans, as well as to evaluate the perception of the people who visit these places about the zoonosis and the hygiene care of their pets. It was also aimed to present a literature review about the helminths found during the research, that are transmitted by cats and dog’s feces in urban areas. Nine parks/groves were visited, one per city region, to the collection of the feces and parasitological tool analysis and a quiz with 30 alternative and discursive questions was applied to 164 interviewees which affirmed to have a shortage knowledge about zoonosis. Out of 116 analyzed samples, the coproparasitological test presented the presence of Ancylostoma spp. in 11.21% and Toxocara spp. in 2.5% of them. Regarding the questionnaire, most of people were dog owners (68.9%) and 82.84% of them reportedly gave anthelmintics to their animals. When asked about zoonosis, only 4.88% of people knew its meaning. Despite most people do not have any knowledge about zoonosis, the results may be associated, due to the better care of people with their pets, but this still was not enough to avoid the transmission of these helminths. Actions and measures should be taken, such as creating a practice of monitoring a potential zoonotic parasite in public places by public health agencies, for the purpose of aiming at the prevention against the parasitosis and few spending with treatment.
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PETENUSSE, C. S. Contaminação por helmintos em parques e bosques municipais de Goiânia, Goiás. 2017. 63 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência Animal) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2018.