Cystic hydatidosis: a zoonotic silent health problem.
Examination of five hundred pet dogs revealed Echinococcus granulosus in nine dogs, Dipylidium caninum in twenty dogs, and Toxocara canis in thirty dogs. The risky role played by pet dogs in the transmission and spreading of zoonotic cystic hydatidosis was discussed.
Haridy
Fouad M
FM
General Organization for Veterinary Services, Egypt.
Holw
Sahar A Abou
SA
Hassan
Ali A
AA
Morsy
Tosson A
TA
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D015047:Zoonoses