OCCURRENCE OF ECHINOCOCCUS-MULTILOCULARIS IN ANIMALS IN SOUTHERN THURINGIA

This report has been compiled from data obtained from eight districts in the former administrative region of Suhl where the Meiningen Agency of Veterinary Investigations and Animal Health sponsored and supervised examinations of 620 foxes and 22 cats for presence of Echinococcus (E.) multilocularis. Those examinations were continuously conducted, between May and December 1990. E. multilocularis was positively recorded f rom 83 foxes (13.4 percent). The same parasite was not detectable in the intestinal system of the cats examined. These findings may be considered a contribution to more thorough identification of known endemic regions. An account is given in this paper of regional distribution, based on positive detection of E. multilocularis in each of the districts involved. Literature data are evaluated. Possible approaches are suggested to control and prophylaxis.