Dog parks represent a recent trend in western countries, enabling owners to spend quality time with their pets in a controlled environment. Despite their growing popularity, few studies have been performed to date on these parks to investigate dog intestinal parasitic infections and soil contamination. The present study examined 369 faecal and 18 soil samples collected from 3 dog parks in Great...

nisProtozoa from the phylum apicomplexa a associated with significant animal losses both pet and production systems. These ganisms can infect a wide range of verteb hosts, although many are host specific. The complexans of greatest interest to exotic pet p titioners are Isospora spp, Eimeria spp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Cryptosporidium spp. Historically, thes organisms have been very difficult ...