title: Prevalence of echinococcosis in pigs and sheep in the Slovak Republic.
abstract: The prevalence of echinococcosis in slaughtered animals has been monitored in the Slovak Republic between 1971 and 1990. In pigs, the prevalence dropped almost constantly from 3.85% to 0.13%, by as much as 15% per year. The dynamics of prevalence in sheep differs substantially from that in pigs. Significant 12 year, 6 year and 3 year periodicities predominate over a nonsignificant and slight decrease of prevalence by only 1% per year. Therefore, the prevalence fluctuates in the period of observations between 0.49 and 3.72%. No significant correlations or cross-correlations have been found between the prevalences in the two groups of animals.
authors.affiliation: Parasitological Institute SAS, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dubinský
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikulecký
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ondrejka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stefancíková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010507:Periodicity; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*