Journal of Helminthology

Table of Contents - 1986 - Volume 60, Issue 04  

Research Papers

Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs in Tambool, Sudan

M. B. Saada1 and M. Magzouba2

a1 Veterinary Research Administration, P. O. Box 8067, Alamarat, Khartoum, Sudan.

a2 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

Abstract

In the Tambool area (Central eastern Sudan) a survey was made of the infection rate of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs. From the total of 49 dogs shot by the police authority, 25 (51%) had E. granulosus in their intestines. The range of worm recovery was 7 to 28,400. These high infection and recovery rates could be explained by the rate of infection in the intermediate host (camel) slaughtered in the area.

(Accepted March 05 1986)

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