STUDIES ON ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS IN DOGS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COPROANTIGEN DETECTION
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2006
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Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
Abstract
Parasitic diseases with zoonotic potential present an important
public health problem and are also of major socio-economic importance
worldwide. Echinococcosis is a near-cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by
adult or larval stages of tapeworms belonging to the genus Echinococcus.
The genus consists of four species which are presently recognized as
Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis, Echinococcus
oligarthus and Echinococcus uogeli (Eckert and Deplazes, 2004), besides a
new species of Echinococcus shiquicus (Xiao et al, 2006). On a global
basis, Echinococcus granulosus is the most important of the four species.
Geographically it is the most wide spread, with endemic foci on every
inhabited continent. Foci of hydatid disease exist in India and the highest
prevalence has been reported in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
compared with other parts of the country (Nepalia et al, 2006).