THE PREVALENCE OF HELMINTH EGGS IN THE SOIL OF ABUJA RECREATIONAL PARKS AND GARDENS, ABUJA NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorMOHAMMED, FATIMA ISHIYAKU,
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-17T09:57:00Z
dc.date.available2014-03-17T09:57:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.descriptionATHESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA May, 2011en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Nigeria and other developing countries where there is an uncontrolled population of stray dogs and inadequate veterinary care, there is a likelihood of high degree of soil contamination by geohelminth eggs. Recreational parks in Abuja receive a lot of visitors daily. Contamination of these parks with geohelminths may expose humans to infection. This study was set up to determine the prevalence of geohelminths in recreational parks in Abuja and the extent of awareness of the risk of infection by the members of the public who visit the parks. Seven recreational parks were studied out of the 28 officially approved parks in Abuja phase I. a total of 764 samples were studied using sucrose floatation medium with specific gravity 1.25. Helminth eggs were found in 68% of the soil samples studied. Park D (83%) as the highest contaminated with geohelminths. Lowest rate (47%) was observed in park A. Toxocara eggs (52%) were the most frequent helminth eggs, followed by Teania (15%), Isosphora (7%) and Trichuris (3%). Park G was the most contaminated with Toxocara eggs (64%) and park A (7%) the least contaminated with Toxocara eggs. Of the 200 persons who visited the parks during the study period and were interviewed, 184 (95%) were aware of human infection by helminthes, but only 36% were aware that helminth infection can be acquired through soils contaminated with faeces. It is concluded that soils in Abuja recreational parks are contaminated with helminth eggs. It is important that members of the public be enlightened on the risk of soil borne helminth infections.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3980
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPREVALENCE,en_US
dc.subjectHELMINTH EGGS,en_US
dc.subjectSOIL,en_US
dc.subjectABUJA,en_US
dc.subjectRECREATIONAL,en_US
dc.subjectPARKS,en_US
dc.subjectGARDENS,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleTHE PREVALENCE OF HELMINTH EGGS IN THE SOIL OF ABUJA RECREATIONAL PARKS AND GARDENS, ABUJA NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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