Study on the ecological distribution of alveolar Echinococcus in Hulunbeier Pasture of Inner Mongolia, China

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: Tang, CT, 唐崇惕, Quian, YC（Hulunbeier Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Hailar, 021007, China）, Kang, YM（Hulunbeier Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Hailar, 021007, China）, Cui, GW（Hulunbeier Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Hailar, 021007, China）, Lu, HC（Hulunbeier Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Hailar, 021007, China）, Shu, LM, Wang, YH, 王彦海, Tang, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS 2004
• Subjects: Hulunbeier Pasture; Echinococcus multilocularis; metacestodes; protoscolex; Microtus brandti; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182003004438; http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/11009

A study on the ecological distribution of alveolar Echinococcus was carried out in the Hulunbeier Pasture of Inner Mongolia, China during 1998 and 1999. Animals examined included wolves (Canis lupus), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), sand foxes (Vulpes corsac), domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), Microtus brandti, Meriones unguiculatus, Citellus dauricus, Allactaga sibirica, Phodopus sungorus and Ochotona daurica. Three wolves were found to be infected with E. granulosus. Two sand foxes were infected with E. multilocularis. The majority of infections of alveolar echinococcus was found in M. brandti. Based on the structure of metacestodes found in the livers of naturally infected M. brandti, 3 main variants were observed. Type I had small alveolar cysts with thin cyst walls. Type II had a larger cyst with a thick cyst wall. Infection of laboratory mice with the gravid segments isolated from the naturally infected sand foxes led to the formation of mature Type I alveolar metacestodes in the lungs and Type II metacestodes in the livers of infected animals, respectively.