Table 1.

Echinococcus species in stray dogs in Erzurum.

	No. of examined fecal samples	Fecal samples with taeniid eggs	Samples positive with PCR for
			Echinococcus spp.	E.g.s.s.	E.e	E.o.	E.c.	E.m.
Total	446	119 (26.7%)	63 (14.1%)	41 (9.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.6%)

E.g.s.s.: E. granulosus s.s.

E.e.: E. equinus

E.o.: E. ortleppi

E.c.: E. canadensis

E.m.: E. multilocularis