title: Prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus infection in stray dogs and herbivores in Shiraz, Iran.
abstract: One hundred and five stray male and female dogs in different age groups were autopsied and their small intestines examined for Echinococcus granulosus. Thirty eight dogs (36.19%) harbored two-to-several thousand E. granulosus in their intestinal content. The prevalence rate was higher in males (44.83%) than in females (25.53%). Livers and lungs of 3245 sheep, 2576 goats, 756 cattle and 25 buffaloes slaughtered for meat purposes at different Shiraz slaughterhouses were examined for hydatidosis: 2.09% of livers and 2.68% of lungs of sheep, 2.17% and 2.36% of goats, 4.49% and 6.48% of cattle and 4% and 8% of buffaloes, respectively, were infected.
authors.affiliation: Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehrabani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oryan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sadjjadi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology