id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vk6ldfhxdzf2bejs5bg4fpzxr4 Giulia Simonato Surveillance of Zoonotic Parasites in Animals Involved in Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs) 2020.0 11 .pdf application/pdf 5848 529 54 investigated the presence of potentially zoonotic parasites, including dermatophytes, in animals involved in AAIs. Between 2015 and 2017, 190 animals (equids, dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, rodents, the 60 (21.7%) animals harboured potentially zoonotic parasites, mainly recovered in dogs Keywords: animal-assisted interventions; pet therapy; parasites; dermatophytes; zoonoses; pet; The positive impact of pets on the health of owners and people involved in animal-assisted endoparasites, ectoparasites, and dermatophytes) in various animal species working in AAIs in Copromicroscopic results: number of investigated and positive (%) animal species and Among the studied contexts, the animals found to be affected by potentially zoonotic parasites animals, only dogs were positive for a species-specific parasite (i.e., Trichuris vulpis, Table 1). the settings, animals in petting zoos were infected only by species-specific parasites (n = 30/85, 35.6%) are, among the animal species involved in AAIs, more easily recruited for activities in health facilities. ./cache/work_vk6ldfhxdzf2bejs5bg4fpzxr4.pdf ./txt/work_vk6ldfhxdzf2bejs5bg4fpzxr4.txt