Equine hydatidosis: a new record for New Zealand

Authors: Oudemans G, Mason PC, Montgomery RH, Bowie J
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 32, Issue 9, pp 151-153, Sep 1984
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Biosecurity, Cestode, Parasites - internal, Disease surveillance, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Liver/hepatic disease, Zoonosis, Slaughter, Public health, Infectious disease
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Cysts found in the liver of a horse which had never been out of New Zealand were used to infect two dogs which were slaughtered 35 days after infection. Large numbers of Echinococcus granulosus were recovered. These cestodes were compared with mature dog-sheep cestodes, using light and scanning electron microscopy and identified as the dog-horse strain of E.granulosus.

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