Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Calodium hepaticum eggs found in dog and cat poop in Brazil
By Quadros, Rosiléia Marinho de et al.Ā·Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao PauloĀ·2016Ā·Universidade do Planalto CatarinenseĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: OCCURRENCE OF Calodium hepaticum (BANCROFT, 1893) MORAVEC, 1982 EGGS IN FECES OF DOGS AND CATS IN LAGES, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL.
Plain-English summary
A study found that a small number of dogs and cats in Lages, Brazil, had eggs from a parasite called Calodium hepaticum in their feces. Out of 465 dog samples, only two stray dogs tested positive, while three out of four cats that were positive were also strays. This suggests that the parasite is present in the area, particularly among stray animals, which could pose a risk to public health. While the overall infection rate was low, pet owners should be aware of the potential for exposure, especially if their pets interact with strays.
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Abstract
This study aims to report the incidence of Calodium hepaticum among dogs and cats, pets or stray animals, captured by the Zoonosis Control Center (CCZ) in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Fecal samples from 108 pet dogs and eight pet cats, and from 357 stray dogs and 97 stray cats, captured by CCZ, were analyzed within the period from July 2010 to November 2012. Coproparasitological exams were performed by techniques of sedimentation, centrifuge-flotation, and simple flotation. Among 465 fecal samples from dogs and 105 from cats, the overall spurious infections for C. hepaticum eggs were 1.05%. For dogs, this positivity was 0.43% and for cats it was 3.81%. The two positive dogs were stray and out of the four cats, three were stray and one was a pet. Although the occurrence of C. hepaticum eggs was low, these data reveal the existence of infected rodents, especially in public places, since, out of the six infected animals, five (83.33%) were stray. These results are discussed and analyzed with an emphasis on the risk to public health.
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