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An epidemiological survey of Echinococcus granulosus and other helminths in animal populations in northern Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

G. Hoida ,
Z. Greenberg ,
M. Furth ,
Y. Malsha ,
P.S. Craig ,
P.M. Schantz ,
R. Sneir  and
J. El-On
G. Hoida
Affiliation:
Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Hadera
Z. Greenberg
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem
M. Furth
Affiliation:
Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Hadera
Y. Malsha
Affiliation:
Municipal Veterinary Unit, Tamra
P.S. Craig
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, UK
P.M. Schantz
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
R. Sneir
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
J. El-On*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
*
*Fax: 972 7 6277 453 E-mail: jelon@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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Abstract

In a survey carried out during the period May 1995 to November 1996, in communities of various ethnic groups in northern Israel, 206 dogs were examined for Echinococcus granulosus and other intestinal helminth parasites by arecoline hydrobromide purges and the coproantigen-ELISA. The arecoline test was performed close to the owners' homes, using plastic sheets secured to the ground. From 56 dogs examined in the Muslim town of Tamra, six (10.7%) were found to be infected with E. granulosus. Four of them also had a mixed infection of Taenia hydatigena and Dipylidium caninum (two dogs), and the remaining two dogs were infected with either D. caninum or Taenia pisiformis. An additional 18 dogs were infected with either T. pisiformis (eight dogs), D. caninum (seven dogs), or T. hydatigena (three dogs). Two of these dogs harboured mixed infections whereas the remaining 32 dogs were free of helminths. In the Jewish villages, none of the 150 dogs examined were infected with E. granulosus, although 26 (17.3%) were infected with D. caninum, four (2.7%) with Ancylostoma spp. and one (0.7%) with Toxocara canis. Only one of the 22 stray dogs and none of the 15 jackals examined were infected with E. granulosus. However, 21 (95.4%) of the dogs and 12 (80%) of the jackals harboured helminth infections, including: D. caninum (16 dogs and seven jackals), Ancylostoma spp. (five jackals), T. hydatigena (three dogs), and T. canis (one dog). Approximately 18% of the dogs and 33% of the jackals showed mixed infections with two or more of the above helminths. In the abattoirs, 52 (5.9%) of the 874 sheep and 33 (5.3%) of the 616 goats from 17 herds slaughtered in the Muslim and Druze villages were found to be infected with E. granulosus, compared with a 0% infection rate observed in 93 sheep from two herds in Jewish villages.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 127 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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