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Lima, Victor, Ramos, Rafael, Lepold, Raphael, Cringoli, Giuseppe, Rinaldi, Laura, Faustino, Maria, Alves, Leucio |
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Parasitology Research; Apr2016, Vol. 115 Issue 4, p1737-1739, 3p |
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Among the nematodes that infect the urinary tract of dogs, the Dioctophyma renale and Capillaria plica are those more frequently reported. For a long time, sedimentation was the only method used to detect eggs of these parasites in urine. The aim of this study was to analyze urine samples ( n = 54) of dogs, obtained by bladder catheterization or cystocentesis, by using a modified FLOTAC technique. Animals were divided into two groups, i.e., with ( n = 20) and without ( n = 34) suspicion of urinary disease. The overall positivity herein observed was 3.8 % (2/54), being all animals (10 %; 2/20) from the group with suspicion of urinary disease. In the first positive sample, a single egg of D. renale was detected, whereas in the second sample two trematode-like eggs were observed. This is the first short survey employed to detect eggs of parasites that inhabit the urinary tract of dogs using a modified FLOTAC technique; in addition, for the first time, eggs of D. renale have been detected using this tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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