PREVALENCE OF PARASITIC ZOONOSES IN CATS OF ACCUMULATORS IN THE WEST MIDDLE OF SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL |
Parasitic zoonoses have important importance in public health, since they involve direct or indirect contact with parasites eliminated by domestic animals. Among the zoonoses we have giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, cutaneous larva migrans and visceral larva migrans. The exacerbated contact between dogs, cats and man has positive aspects. However, it can become the main route of dissemination between species if there is not proper care and hygiene, as is often the case with accumulators, because they have a very large demand for animals. The objective of this study was to identify the main parasites that cause zoonoses found in cats kept by accumulators in the municipality of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina State. Feces samples were collected from the place where the animals were kept and blood from all animals kept by accumulators. The parasitological techniques of Willis Mollay, Dennis Stones and Swanson, Faust and Sheater were performed. For the parasitological examination was carried out looking for eggs of nematodes, cestodes and protozoa respectively. The indirect hemagglutination technique was used to detect the presence of anti- Toxoplasma antibodies. In all, 30 samples of cat feces and 64 samples of cat blood were collected. The results obtained were: Ancylostoma, Toxocara, Diphilidium and coccidia in feces. In the indirect hemagglutination, the results was 79.13% (50/64) cats with anti- Toxoplasma antibodies. With this study it was possible to verify that accumulators may be endangering their lives and their neighbors, because with agglomeration of animals in unhealthy places ends up increasing the incidence of diseases in the place, mainly zoonoses as observed in our results. |