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Table 2.

Distribution of dog faeces contaminated with E. granulosus s.s. eggs according to district

District	Ghomrassen	Tataouine Sud	Tataouine Nord	Remada	Smâr	Bir Lahmar	Total	P-value^a
Total number of faecal samples examined	80	33	84	28	34	29	288
Positive for taeniid eggs, n (%)	10 (12.5)	3 (9.1)	16 (19)	0 (0)	8 (23.5)	0 (0)	37 (12.8)	0.009
Positive for E. granulosus (s.s.) eggs, n (%)	8 (10)	2 (6)	14 (16.6)	0 (0)	8 (23.5)	0 (0)	32 (11.1)	0.007

District

Ghomrassen

Tataouine Sud

Tataouine Nord

Remada

Smâr

Bir Lahmar

Total

P-value^a

Total number of faecal samples examined

288

Positive for taeniid eggs, n (%)

10 (12.5)

3 (9.1)

16 (19)

0 (0)

8 (23.5)

0 (0)

37 (12.8)

0.009

Positive for

E. granulosus (s.s.) eggs, n (%)

8 (10)

2 (6)

14 (16.6)

0 (0)

8 (23.5)

0 (0)

32 (11.1)

0.007

^aP-value (according to Chi-square test)