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Prevalence of hydatid in buffaloes in India and report of a severe liver infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

B. P. Singh ,
V. P. Sharma Deorani  and
V. K. Srivastava
B. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly (U.P.), India
V. P. Sharma Deorani
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly (U.P.), India
V. K. Srivastava
Affiliation:
Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly (U.P.), India
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Abstract

Of 3200 buffaloes examined at Bareilly abattoir 915 (28·6%) were positive for hydatidosis. The hydatid infected organs were lungs (60%), liver (32%), spleen (4%), kidneys (2%), heart (0·9%) and brain (0·1%). The number of hydatid cysts encountered in lungs of an individual buffalo was 1–9 and 1–7 in liver. One buffalo liver showed severe hepatomegaly, cirrhosis and had an exceptionally high number of hydatid cysts. Infectivity studies in pups showed 16–29 per cent worm establishment with the presence of shelled eggs within the uterus of the parasite on day 45 post-infection.

Keywords

hydatidbuffaloIndiaprevalenceliver pathology
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 124 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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