The reduction rate of invasive Ascaris suum eggs number in slurry and humus layers of selected soil types

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine under laboratory conditions the percentage and rate of reduction in invasive Ascaris suum eggs, as well as the maximal time of invasiveness retaining by them in swine slurry and 3 soil types. A. suum eggs were introduced into perforated perlon bags which then were placed in samples of slurry and in humus layers of the soils: podsolic soil, black earth and browned black earth. The experiment was carried out for 44 weeks at 4 and 20 °C. Finally, at 4 °C a reduction in the number of invasive eggs from 41 % (the humus layer of podsolic soil) to 65 % (the humus layer of black earth) was observed. At 20 °C the fluctuations were smaller and the percentage of elimination ranged from 89 % (slurry) to 96 % (the humus layer of browned black earth).