Application of ultrasonography in prevalence studies of hydatid cysts in goats in north-western Turkana, Kenya and Toposaland, southern Sudan
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2000Author
Njoroge, Ernest M.
Mbithi, P.M.F.
Gathumat, J.M.
Wachira, M
Magambo, J.K.
Zeyhle, E.
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Application of ultrasonography in prevalence studies of hydatid cysts in goats in north-western
Turkana, Kenya and Toposaland, southern Sudan. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research,
67:251-255
A study was done to determine the prevalence of hydatid cysts in goats using ultrasonography. A total
of 1 390 goats were examined, 43,6 % (606/1390) of them from north-weste_rn Tu_rkana, Keny:, and
56,4% (784/1390) from Toposaland, southern Sudan. Hydatid cysts were VISualized 1n 1,82 Yo (~ 1 I
606) of the goats from north-western Turkana and 4,34% (34/784) of those from Topo~aland. Unlike
abattoir surveys, the prevalence data obtained in this study were unb1ased because ent1re flocks were
examined. The lower prevalence rate of the disease in goats from Turkana was attnbuted to the hydatid disease control programme in that area, which is absent in Toposaland .
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