Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53929#.VNxhWizQrzE Author(s) Breno Barros de Santana 1 , Tallys Leandro Barbosa da Silva 1 , Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos 2,3 , Leucio Câmara Alves 2 , Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Unidade Acadêmica de Garanhuns, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Garanhuns, Brazil . 2 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil . 3 Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy . ABSTRACT Intestinal nematodes are among the most common parasites of dogs, being Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp. threats to public health due to their zoonotic potential. In this study, three parasitological diagnostic techniques for detecting the eggs/oocysts of canine intestinal parasites were evaluated. Fecal samples (n = 285) were collected from the environment ( i....
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