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ENCONTRO DE Rhabditis sp EM ALFACE Lactuca sativa COMERCIALIZADA EM ANÁPOLIS, GOIÁS, BRASIL

2013; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 42; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/rpt.v42i2.25528

1980-8178

Thayane Christina Silva, Thaiany Pimentel Rodrigues, Paula Daiane de Carvalho, Tiago Branquinho Oliveira, Dulcinéa Maria Barbosa Campos,

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

The consumption of fresh vegetables is recommended as part of a healthy diet because of their considerable vitamin, mineral and dietary fiber content. Vegetables are frequently fertilized with manure or irrigated with water contaminated with fecal matter. We assessed the occurrence of enteroparasites in vegetable consumers, in relation to the presence of parasites in conventional and hydroponic lettuce sold in the city of Anápolis, GO. The method of spontaneous sedimentation was used. Larvae of nematodes of the genus Rhabditis were found. In this genus, there are free-living species that eventually may become parasites of man and domestic animals. Given this evidence, improved food hygiene is recommended, for both domestic consumers and the handlers of vegetables to be served in restaurants and cafeterias. This is the first report of Rhabditis in vegetables in Brazil.