Table 3.

Condition of hydatid cysts in different organs of infected cattle slaughtered in Addis Ababa abattoir.

Organs	No of cysts examined	Fertile						Sterile		Calcified
		Total No. of fertile		Viable		Non viable		No.	%	No.	%
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Liver*	171	3	1.7	0	0	3	100	137	80.1	31	18.1
Lung*	212	14	6.6	3	21.4	11	78.6	187	88.2	11	5.2
Kidney	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	90	1	10
Heart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	100
Total	396	17	4.3	3	17.6	14	82.3	333	84.1	48	12.2

For fertility: x² =26.15, P = 0.000; for viability: x² = 0.097, P = 0.76.