Table 1. Comparison of taeniid egg detection rate by fecal examination in feces samples collected before and after deworming dogs and the number of dogs that excreted cestodes after deworming.
| Taeniid species | No. dogs | No. positive in fecal examination |
No. dogs excreting cestodes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timing of sampling | |||||
| Before | After 24 hr | After 48 hr | |||
| Taenia hydatigena | 18 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| Taenia multiceps | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| None | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 43 | 9 (21%) | 18 (43%)* | 7 (17%)* | 12 (29%)* |
*: Because an owner refused to have his dog given anthelmintic, a total number examined was 42.