›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 20-245-246.

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Echinococcus granulosus Infection in Dogs and Livestock from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

HAN Fei1, WANG Bing-quan1, WANG Li-jie1, XIONG Jun1, XI Yi1, WU Li-wen2, MA Fu-rong2, LI Fan-ka1 *   

  1. 1  Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,Urumqi 830002,China; 2 Department of Preventive Medicine,School of Medicine,Shihezi University,Shihezi 832000,China
  • Online:2014-06-30 Published:2014-09-17

Abstract: The prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs and livestock was investigated in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps by stratified random sampling. A total of 5 391 dog feces were detected by double antibody sandwich ELISA, and the positive rate of dog coproantigen was 0.69%(37/5 391). The livestock were subjected to necropsy, inspection and palpation. The prevalence of E. granulosus infection in livestock was 3.88%(431/11 122).

Key words: Echinococcus granulosus, Definitive host, Intermediate host, Xinjiang Production and Con-struction Corps