Table 1.
Key examples of results from surveys [[51-59]; Traversa, unpublished data] carried out in the last decade in different regions of Italy on the presence (%) of Trichuris vulpis eggs in faeces of privately owned dogs (P), in faeces of kenneled dogs (K) and in environmental samples collected on city grounds (E).
| Region | Tv | Av | Di | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P (%) | K (%) | E (%) | |||
| Northern Italy | |||||
| Lombardy | 7.9 | nd | 3.8-9 | +* | + |
| Piedmont | 5.5-8 | 25 | 4.1 | nk | + |
| Central Italy | |||||
| Abruzzo/Veneto§ | 8.3 | 59.4 | nd | + | + |
| Abruzzo/Marche | 15* | 60* | nd | + | + |
| Abruzzo | nd | nd | 10 | + | + |
| Marche | nd | nd | 20 | + | + |
| Tuscany | nd | 27 | 4.6 | + | + |
| Southern Italy | |||||
| Apulia | 6 | nd | 3.3 | + | + |
| Campania | nd | nd | 10.1 | nk | + |
| Insular Italy | |||||
| Sardinia | nd | nd | 2 | nk | + |
| Sicily | nd | nd | 10 | nk | + |
Presence (+) of Angiostrongylus vasorum (Av) and Dirofilaria immitis (Di) in the same regions is also reported on the basis of the information published on recent review articles [12,77]. nd: not determined; nk: not known; *unpublished data; §combined data from a survey in central and northern Italy [57].