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Abstract

Across sectional study was conducted from March to May 2012 to estimate the prevalence and assess contribution of major risk factors for the occurrence of hydatid cysts infection on 244 cattle slaughtered at Elobied abattoir in North Kordofan state, Sudan. The overall prevalence of bovine hydatid cysts infection was 2.5%. Risk factors such as age (?2 = 2.420, P-value = 0.120), breed (?2 = 2.561, P-value = 0.278) and the disposal of affected organs (?2 = 1.100, P-value = 0.294) showed statistically significant association (P-value ?0.30) with the occurrence of hydatid cysts. However, risk factors such as sex, body condition, presence of dogs and the origin of animals didn’t show statistically significant association with the occurrence of hydatid cysts. In the multivariate analysis, the age (Exp (B) = 10.27, P-value= 0.036) was found to be the only statistically significant risk factor. For the location of hydatid cyst in visceral organs, the lung was found to be the most affected organ. By microscope examination of hydatid cyst, showed that 85.3% cysts were sterile and 14.7 % cysts were calcified, no fertile cyst was observed.