Table 2. Prevalence of taeniid cestodes determined by fecal egg examination in dogs from four counties in Qinghai Province, China.
County | No. dogs examined |
No. positive | Taeniid species |
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Echinococcus granulosus | Taenia hydatigena | Taenia multiceps | |||
Haiyan*a) | 38 | 0 | NA | NA | NA |
Gangcha*a) | 77 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Xinghai*a) | 90 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 1 |
Chengduo*b) | 72 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 277 | 54 | 19 | 33 | 2 |
NA: Not applicable. *a) Fecal egg examination with deworming. *b) Fecal egg examination without deworming.