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Epidemiological survey and molecular characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in cattle in an endemic area of eastern Turkey.
Veterinary parasitology - 20 Sept 2010
Simsek Sami, Balkaya Ibrahim, Koroglu Ergun
Abstract excerpt
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease affecting mainly various species of livestock and humans. A survey of cystic echinococcosis in cattle was conducted from December 2008 to April 2009 in an endemic area of eastern Turkey. A total of 1758 cattle were examined and hydatid cysts were found in 33.9% of the cattle (595/1758). Most of the cattle (75.8%) had hydatid cysts only in the lungs, 10.9% only in...
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