Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Prevalence of Ancylostoma braziliense in dogs from Alachua and Marion Counties, Florida, United States.
- Journal:
- The Journal of parasitology
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Liotta, Janice L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
A convenience collection of fecal samples from 148 dogs in northern Florida was examined for the presence of Ancylostoma braziliense eggs by using centrifugal sugar flotation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Of the 148 samples, 64 (43.2%) contained hookworm eggs. DNA from 42 samples was successfully amplified using PCR; using RFLP, 2 samples were identified as containing DNA of A. braziliense (4.8% of the 42 successfully amplified samples).
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