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Contamination of public gardens along seafront of Praia Grande City, São Paulo, Brazil, by eggs of Ancylostoma and Toxocara in dogs feces

Contamination of the lawns and flower beds along the seafront of Praia Grande, SP, Brazil, by eggs of Ancylostoma and Toxocara in fecal samples of dogs was evaluated. Of the total samples analyzed, 45.9% were contaminated with Ancylostoma eggs and 1.2% with Toxocara eggs.

Ancylostoma; Toxocara; Feces; Dogs; Migrans larvae


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