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Title

THE ROLE OF THE COYOTE IN AN INFECTION OF MAN AND ANIMALS

Authors

I. K. M. Liu, California Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Laboratory Services, Sacramento, California

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1970

As part of epidemiological studies on hydatid disease in the central valley of California, a survey was made of seven counties of possible infections with Echinococcus granulosus in the coyote (Canis latrans). Of 173 animals examined, seven 4.O per cent) were found infected, six of them from Tehama County.