Prevalence and Genotyping of Echinococcus Species from Livestock in Kajiado County, Kenya

Table 5

Frequency of single or mixed infections in cattle, goats, and sheep in Kajiado County.

	Livestock n (%)
Echinococcus spp.	Cattle	Goat	Sheep
E. granulosus s. s.	51 (92.7)	50 (73.5)	79 (90.8)
E. ortleppi	1 (1.8)	2 (2.9)	1 (1.1)
E. canadensis (G6/7)	0 (0)	13 (19.1)	6 (6.9)
E. granulosus s. s./E. ortleppi	1 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
E. granulosus s. s./E. canadensis (G6/7)	0 (0)	3 (4.4)	1 (1.1)
E. ortleppi/E. canadensis (G6/7)	1 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
E. granulosus s. s./E. ortleppi/E. canadensis (G6/7)	1 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Total	55	68	87

n = number of cattle, goats, and sheep.