Publication: Echinococcosis in pigs and intestinal infection with Echinococcus spp. in dogs in southwestern Lithuania
Echinococcosis in pigs and intestinal infection with Echinococcus spp. in dogs in southwestern Lithuania
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Bružinskaitė, R., Sarkūnas, M., Torgerson, P. R., Mathis, A., & Deplazes, P. (2009). Echinococcosis in pigs and intestinal infection with Echinococcus spp. in dogs in southwestern Lithuania. Veterinary Parasitology, 160(3–4), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.011
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Cystic echinococcosis is a major emerging zoonosis in many Eastern European and Asian countries. Post slaughter examinations of 684 pig livers in Lithuania revealed significantly higher numbers of Echinococcus granulosus infections in animals from family farms (13.2%; 95% CI 10.7-16.2) as compared with those from industrial farms (4.1%; 95% CI 0.8-11.5). The prevalence was also significantly higher in pigs older than 1 year than in younger ones. In addition, in 0.5% of the pigs from the family farms, infertile and calcified E. multilo
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- Torgerson, P R
- Mathis, A
- Deplazes, P
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Bružinskaitė, R., Sarkūnas, M., Torgerson, P. R., Mathis, A., & Deplazes, P. (2009). Echinococcosis in pigs and intestinal infection with Echinococcus spp. in dogs in southwestern Lithuania. Veterinary Parasitology, 160(3–4), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.011
