Table 2.

E. granulosus contamination index of dog faeces in relation to regions

Region	Sousse n = 81	Monastir n = 95	Kasserine n = 132	Kef n = 36	Djerba n = 127	Zarsis n = 129	Metlaoui n = 392	Tataouine n = 103
% of E. granulosus positive dog faeces	12.3a	9.5 a	18.2 a	8.3 a	27.6b	17.8 a	41.3c	14.6 a

n = number of samples analyse.

The supercripts a, b, c indicate significant differences using Chi-square test, the level of significance was set at p< 0.05.