Foram examinadas fezes, coletadas após o sacrifício, de 9.150 cães e 674 gatos, capturados nas vias públicas do Município de São Paulo, SP (Brasil), visando o encontro de ovos e parásitos das famílias Ancylostomidae e Ascaridae. A coleta do material ocorreu durante os anos de 1980-1985. As seguintes taxas de infestação foram observadas: 59,83% dos cães e 22,26% dos gatos estiveram positivos para ovos de Ancylostoma sp., enquanto que 11,70% dos cães e 17,65% dos gatos apresentaram ovos de Toxocara sp.

Feces, collected after the killing of 9,150 dogs and 674 cats caught on throughfares of S. Paulo City, Brazil, and impounded, were examined for evidence of Ancylostomidae and Ascaridae parasites by the direct Willis' and sedimentation methods. The present article relates to material collected during the period 1980-1985. The following infestation rates were discovered: 59.83% of dogs and 22.26% of cats were found to have Toxocara sp. ova.

Foram examinadas fezes, coletadas após o sacrifício, de 9.150 cães e 674 gatos, capturados nas vias públicas do Município de São Paulo, SP (Brasil), visando o encontro de ovos e parásitos das famílias Ancylostomidae e Ascaridae. A coleta do material ocorreu durante os anos de 1980-1985. As seguintes taxas de infestação foram observadas: 59,83% dos cães e 22,26% dos gatos estiveram positivos para ovos de Ancylostoma sp., enquanto que 11,70% dos cães e 17,65% dos gatos apresentaram ovos de Toxocara sp.

Feces, collected after the killing of 9,150 dogs and 674 cats caught on throughfares of S. Paulo City, Brazil, and impounded, were examined for evidence of Ancylostomidae and Ascaridae parasites by the direct Willis' and sedimentation methods. The present article relates to material collected during the period 1980-1985. The following infestation rates were discovered: 59.83% of dogs and 22.26% of cats were found to have Toxocara sp. ova.