The canine whipworm,
Trichuris vulpis, is a nasty parasite that lives in the large intestine.
En la ciudad de Lima se ha reportado la presencia de Giardia canis, Isospora spp, Toxocara canis, Dipylidium caninum, Ancylostoma caninum, Cryptosporidium spp, ooquistes de Sarcocystis, Toxascaris leonina y
Trichuris vulpis (Serrano-Martinez et al., 2014), patogenos que se muestran en asociaciones de biparasitismo (Trillo-Altamirano et al., 2003; Serrano-Martinez et al., 2014) y triparasitismo (Trillo-Altamirano et al., 2003; Vega et al., 2014).
One example found was that of conjoined
Trichuris vulpis eggs from a routine dog fecal examination (Figure 4).
The causative agents of zoonotic trichuriasis are
Trichuris vulpis and T.
En investigaciones realizadas en placas Petri, el hongo ovicida Pochonia chlamydosporia provoco la destruccion del 94,8% de los huevos de
Trichuris vulpis (Silva et al., 2010).
Regarding
Trichuris vulpis, heavy infections tend to be geographically localised or to occur mostly in kennels [32], which might explain the lack of positive results for this parasite in the present study.
trichiura X
Trichuris vulpis X Superfamily Oxyuroidea Family Oxyuridae Oxyuris sp.
Prevalence of Ancylostoma caninum (Hookworm), Toxocara canis (Roundworm), and
Trichuris vulpis (Whipworm) in stray canines versus owner released canines.
Other zoonotic helminths, though often neglected, such as hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala) and
Trichuris vulpis, are frequently recorded in dogs [5].
de amostras Prevalencia (%) positivas Ancylostoma sp 68 85 Uncinaria stenocephala 35 43,7
Trichuris vulpis 36 45 Capillaria aerophila 6 7,5 Physaloptera praeputialis 11 13,7 Toxocara canis 16 20 Toxocaris leonina 6 7,5 Dipylidium caninum 11 13,7 Baylisascaris 13 16,2 Strongyloides 10 12,5
Trichuris vulpis (Froelich) is a whipworm of canids.
es el parasito con mayor prevalencia ya que se encontro en mas de la mitad de los animales muestreados; seguido por Toxocara canis y
Trichuris vulpis (Tabla 1).
