Additional Information and Resources

• What you can do to prevent Hydatid disease - information for farmers and dog owners  (external link to Welsh Government site)

From the current Hydatid disease campaign in Wales:

• Leaflet ( PDF,106Kb)
• Question and Answer (in English), (PDF, 239 Kb)
• Question and Answer (in Welsh), (PDF, 239Kb)
• Brief description of the eradication campaign  (2008) (PDF, 13Kb)
• Update on campaign

Further reading

Buishi I, Walters T, Guildea Z, Craig P, Palmer S. Reemergence of canine Echinococcus granulosus infection, Wales. Emerg Infect Dis 2005;4:568-71. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no04/04-0178.htm

Last reviewed: 20 May 2011