In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with infective roundworm eggs than any other tested park location. Jason Keegan of ...

T. canis is one of the most common dog parasites around, with roughly 11% of the world’s canines thought to be carrying these infections. Dogs are its definitive host, meaning that they’re needed for ...

For the study, published in PLOS, scientists from Trinity College Dublin collected samples from 12 parks in Dublin and tested them for roundworm eggs, also known as Toxocara. They focused on areas ...

An analysis of soil samples from twelve Dublin parks found that park entrances had the highest contamination of infective roundworm eggs. Dogs and cats are often infected with parasitic roundworms ...

In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with infective roundworm eggs than any other tested park location. Jason Keegan ...