Abstract
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In New Zealand hydatid disease is of sufficient economic and medical importance to justify irksome preventive measures. A recent Committee of Inquiry (Citation1967) concluded that the best long-term measure would be the requirement that all dog-owners feed their dogs only on specially prepared dog foods. Meanwhile, however, drugs are being used to eliminate Echinococcus granulosus and closely related cyclophyllidean tapeworms from their primary host, which is the dog.