Survey of equine hydatidosis in Great Britain

Abstract

Horses and ponies (1141) at an export meat plant near Bristol were surveyed for hydatid infection. Lesions were attributed carefully by morphological, histological and immunological examinations and assessed by flame cell activity. All available detail concerning the animals was recorded. The surveys in the literature were assessed for the criteria on which their fiqures were based and were compared with the findings of this present survey. Attention was drawn to the apparent discord between the results of some surveys and others.