The incidence of Strongyloidiase in the dog of the city of São Paulo

Abstract

The authors studied the Strongyloidiasis incidence in 50 mongrel dogs, all from the city of São Paulo, Brazil: a) fecal examinations were performed by the following techniques: Willis, Baermann, Hoffmann and ether-sedimentation, with the following percentual results: Baermann 93,5%; Ether sedimentation 19,3%; Hoffmann 6,4%; Willis 0,0%. b) post-mortem examinations were made both by counting in scrapings of the mucosa and by counting the ones not extracted by the scraping: these were collected by means of the Mello and Campos technique (in press).