Ingrid Papajová
Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
Title: Relationship between parasitozoonoses, domestic animals, wildlife and changing environment in the Slovak Republic
Biography
Biography: Ingrid Papajová
Abstract
Recently, we have regularly come across the issue of parasitozoonoses occurrence at all levels of society. This interferes with the problems in veterinary care (regarding animal health) and public health (human health, safety of food chain), what directly and indirectly influences the economy of individual European countries. Parasitozoonoses (protozoonoses and helminthozoonoses) belongs to a special category of zoonooses where the source of infection could be an animal, and also man in the body of which parasites reside. After the accession of the Slovak Republic into the EU and acceptation the rules of the Common European Market the entire socio-economic considerably changed. Free movement of goods and life animals without border control affected the incidence of parasitozoonoses in our territory and substantially increased health risks for farm and domestic animals. This new situation has significant impact on public health. Contamination of the environment in urban and rural ecosystems with parasites will be discussed. The most serious problem associated with this issue is to ensure hygienic safety of the organic wastes. Our presentation will also focus on protection against spreading parasitic germs through waste and animal excrements.
