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- Title
PREVALENCE AND CYSTIC FERTILITY STUDY OF HYDATIDOSIS IN MEAT ANIMALS OF KASHMIR VALLEY.
- Authors
Borkataki, Sanku; Goswami, Pankaj; Pandit, Basarat Ahmed; Shahardar, Rafiq
- Abstract
Hydatidosis is recognized as important helminth zoonosis and also causes great economic losses through condemnation of meat on food animals. A cross sectional study of meat animals of Kashmir Valley was carried out to know the prevalence of hyaditidosis. Out of 482 animals examined 34 (7.05%) were found to harbour hydatid cyst. The species wise infection of hydatidosis in cattle, sheep and goat were recorded as 12.84%, 5.43% and 4.76%, respectively. Laboratory evaluation of 43 recovered cysts from the different visceral organs of animal, 62.79% were fertile while 30.23% and 6.97% were sterile and calcified, respectively. Higher prevalence and fertile cyst in cattle compared to sheep and goat recorded and may suggest prevalence of hydatidosis is higher in larger ruminant.
- Subjects
ECHINOCOCCUS granulosus; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOOD animals; FERTILITY; VALLEYS; ANIMALS
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article