Prevalence of hydatid in buffaloes in India and report of a severe liver infection.
Of 3200 buffaloes examined at Bareilly abattoir 915 (28.6%) were positive for hydatidosis. The hydatid infected organs were lungs (60%), liver (32%), spleen (4%), kidneys (2%), heart (0.9%) and brain (0.1%). The number of hydatid cysts encountered in lungs of an individual buffalo was 1-9 and 1-7 in liver. One buffalo liver showed severe hepatomegaly, cirrhosis and had an exceptionally high number of hydatid cysts. Infectivity studies in pups showed 16-29 per cent worm establishment with the presence of shelled eggs within the uterus of the parasite on day 45 post-infection.
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Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly.
Deorani
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Srivastava
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D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007194:India