A total of 1626 animals comprising of cattle (462), buffaloes (312), sheep (79) and goats (773), were examined based on slaughter house and post-mortem room materials for hydatid infection for a period of 13 months (November 87 to November ยน88). The overall infection was 14.32 per cent, whereas host-wise it was 19.70 per cent in cattle, 14.42 per cent in buffaloes, 17.72 per cent in sheep and 10.74 per cent in goats. The statistical analysis for incidence of hydatid infection revealed highly significant P 0.05) .
Organ-vise distribution of hydatid infection in various hosts revealed that liver of cattle had highest incidence (45.05 %) followed by lungs (40.66 %), in both lungs and liver (10.99 %) and spleen (3.30 %). In buffaloes, on the other hand, lungs had highest incidence (46.67%) , followed by liver (31.11%), both lung and liver (20.00 %) and spleen (2.22 %). Again, in
