Prevalence of Echinococcosis in Buffaloes

Abstract

A study on the prevalence of echinococcosis was conducted by examining carcasses at a slaughter house over a period of nine month. It was observed that echinococcosis occurred with an over all prevalence of 34.5% in buffaloes with an infection rate of 40.9%in males & 44.1% in females. In adult buffaloes (above 2 years) the prevalence of hydatid disease was recoded as 43.6% against 11.1% of buffalo of below 2 years.