Geohelmints’ egg contamination of the parks and sandpits in Lublin area

Michał Bartosik; Jolanta Rzymowska

doi:10.12923/

Authors

Michał Bartosik Chair and Department Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Lublin Author
Jolanta Rzymowska Chair and Department Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Lublin Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12923/

Abstract

The aim of this study was examination of geohelmints’ contamination of the parks and sandpits in Lublin area. The number of 100 samples of soil from parks, local lanes, other places of entertainment and 60 samples of sand from sandpits near local playgrounds were collected in the three residential area of Lublin (Czechow, Czuby and LSM). Every dry sample (200 g) was studied by Dada method – flotation with saturated ZnSO₄reaction. Most often, geohelmints’ eggs were Toxocara spp. – 7% of examined samples of soils and 20.0% samples of sand and Toxascaris leonina – 11% of soil samples and 11.6% sand samples. In the examined samples single eggs of Trichuris spp eggs and Ancylostomatidae family were also observed.

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