Determinación del índice de prevalencia del toxoplasma gondii en felinos en la ciudad de Santa Rosa

Toxoplasmosis is a contagious infectious zoonosis disease provoked by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, protozoan that affects animals of hot blood in general and felines in particular so that the latter are considered as natural guests, and the other homoeothermics as intermediaries guests. As main hosts, felines parasitized, after ingesting contaminated prey such as rodents, birds, water, etc., expel the oocysts by means of fecal feces; humans acquire the disease by having contact with fecal feces from contaminated cats or by ingesting contaminated fresh meat. The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence rate of Toxoplasma gondii in felines in the city of Santa Rosa, province of El Oro. The methodology use the normal division in zones (barrios) of the Santa Rosa city, head of the homonym canton for the sampling of animals. The variables studied were the prevalence rate of parasitic diseases and their relationship with sex, race and age. The technique applied for the diagnosis was the carpological of flotation that detects the oocysts present in fecal feces. Fecal stool samples were processed from 138 animals that were analyzed in the Parasitology Laboratory of the UACA of UTMach using the method of flotation applying the following diagnostic methodology: two grams of each sample were taken that were placed in a mortar, adding several droplets of saline with the aim of propitiating a greater crushing with the hand of the mortar and then added 20cc of saline solution to the mixture with the fecal stools to obtain a homogeneous suspension of the same to pour the contents of the mortar in a plastic glass, through a sieve of wire cloth, and after filling it with the saline solution was placed a cover object at the top of the sample show by letting it stand for 15 to 20 minutes and take it to gently place it in an object holder and observe the microscope with 10 x/0.25 lens with good and damped lighting. The results show a prevalence rate of 28.98% with higher incidence in males, mice race and under 6 months of age animals and greater incidence in the Citadel Las Palmeras. These results of the variables sex and race are related to the animals present in the areas studied, that is, participants in the sampling and that predominate in the city, while the variable age is related to the reported in the literature that the diagnosis stool positive is only valid for animals less than 6 months by the presence of oocysts. It is recommended as measures to hygienically manipulate the sand of the box and the place where defecate the feline, deworming as a prevention measure at least 2 times a year, clean and disinfect the rest area of our felines and ingest food handled with hygiene and well cooked.

• Egile nagusia: Morante Bravo, Katherine Licet (author)
• Formatua: bachelorThesis
• Argitaratua: 2017
• Gaiak: FELINOS; ÍNDICE; PREVALENCIA; TOXOPLASMA
• Sarrera elektronikoa: http://repositorio.utmachala.edu.ec/handle/48000/11715