| taeniasis, cysticercosis and echinococcosis/hydatidosis in nigeria: iv--prevalence of echinococcus granulosus infection in stray dogs. | echinococcus granulosus (batsch, 1786; rudolphi, 1801) infections in stray dogs were recorded in the sudan and northern guinea zones at a prevalence rate of 6.2% and 1.2% respectively. the parasite was not recorded in any stray dog obtained from the bauchi plateau zone, although fewer dogs were examined from this zone. the high prevalence of echinococcosis in dogs reported in the sudan zone bears a true epidemiological relationship with the high prevalence of cystic hydatidosis recorded for slau ... | 1980 | 7229324 |