| echinococcosis/hydatidosis: its prevalence, economic and public health significance in tigray region, north ethiopia. | a cross sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence, economic and public health significance of echinococcosis/hydatidosis in tigray regional state, north ethiopia. out of 18 stray dogs euthanized and examined, three of them were found harboring the adult parasite echinococcus granulosus in their small intestine. from 5,194 cattle examined at slaughter houses, 1146 (22.1%) of them were found harboring hydatid cyst. the majority of the infected cattle had hydatid cyst in both liver a ... | 2009 | 19002598 |