Table 2.

Number of fertility hydatid cysts and viability of protoscoleces of fertile cysts recovered from different organs of slaughtered camels.

Animals Examined	Infected Organs Examined	Number of Hydatid Cysts/ Examined (%)	Number of Fertile Cysts (%)	Number of Sterile Cysts	Number of Calcified Cysts (%)	Viability of Protoscoleces in Fertile Cysts (Mean ± SD)
Camels	Lungs	164/273 (60%)	137 (83.5%)	18 (10.9%)	9 (5.5%)	55.23 ± 6.57
	Liver	109/273 (39.9%)	99 (90.8%)	6 (5.5%)	4 (3.7%)	67.85 ± 12.78