A 16-year-old girl developed a cough, hypereosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count: 32000/mm3), hypergammaglobulinemia, and multiple noncavitary pulmonary nodules 1 month after having ingested an earthworm on a dare. Spirometry revealed moderate restriction and reduced gas diffusion. Parabronchial biopsy demonstrated eosinophilic organizing pneumonitis with multiple eosinophilic microabscesses,...

An investigation to determine the prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal roundworms in calves in Sokoto metropolis was carried out. A total of 216 faecal samples from calves were examined using Modified McMaster technique for morphological egg differentiation and count of worm-egg per gram of faeces of the sampled calves. Positive samples were cultured to differentiate between morpholo...

The present study has been conducted for the detection of gastrointestinal parasites isolated from cats and dogs in Basrah province November 2018 to January 2019. One hundred fecal samples were collected dogs. Samples submitted parasite’s lab college veterinary medicine university. diagnoses by direct microscopic examination concentration methods. Gastrointestinal cat identified this were: Toxa...

canids are reservoir for some zoonoses helminthic disease. they are one of main public health problem. theaim of this study was to ascertain frequency of gastrointestinal helminthic infection of stray dogs in zabol city,southeaster of iran. in this descriptive study, 30 stray dogs were euthanized, intestine was removed by necropsy.then, the intestines was opened by scalpel and their contents pa...

The prevalence of helminthiasis was found to be 15.2 % in buffaloes. Out of 500 samples examined, 9.2 % and 5.4 % were infected with nematodes and trematodes respectively. Mixed infection was observed in 0.6 %. The chief helminths identified were: Toxocara vitulorum (3.6 %), Fasciola gigantica (3.2 %) Oesophagostomum radiatum (3.0 %) Strongyloides papillosus (2.4 %), Fasciola hepatica (2.2 %), ...

background: toxocariasis is a prevalent zoonosis disease caused by the closely related nematode species toxocara canis and toxocara cati which parasitise canidae and felidae respectively. in paratenic hosts, larvae of these worms cause multiple organ damage. however, how these paratenic hosts response to these worms and whether any common biomarker can be applied for diagnosis are still unclear...

Five genera of potentially zoonotic bacteria and parasites were detected in environmentally collected fecal samples from a remote indigenous community in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Organisms identified include Toxocara canis, Echniococcus granulosus, Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Campylobacter spp. The prevalence and intensity of Giardia spp. and Campylobacter spp. in fecal ...

INTRODUCTION The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Trichuris spp. and other intestinal parasitic infections in owned cats on St. Kitts. METHODOLOGY The feces of 41 non-feral cats (23 indoor only; 18 indoor/outdoor) were examined for the presence of Trichuris spp. eggs. RESULTS Nine (22%) of the cats were positive for Trichuris spp. Prevalence of trichuriasis in indoo...

During the period 2003-2004, 110 samples of sewage sludge were examined from 18 treatment plants located in the territory of the whole of Poland, the majority in the Lublin Province. Samples of fermented and dehydrated sewage sludge were taken from sludge drying beds. The bacteriological and parasitological determinations covered bacteria of the Salmonella genus and eggs of the helminths Ascari...

Aim Parasitic infections, especially of the zoonotic-parasitic type, are the most important health, economic, and social problems in developing countries, including Iran. The aim of this study was to review systematically the available data on gastrointestinal parasites of carnivores in Iran and their ability to infect humans. Materials and Methods Studies reporting intestinal parasites of ca...