Mantovani A, Poglayen G, Stagni M, Tassi P, Widenhorn O
Parassitologia. 1978 Dec;20(1-3):101-11.
In a previous survey, carried out in 100 dogs in Rome by Tassi and Widenhorn (1977), two animals, which always lived in the urban area, were found infected by Echinococcus granulosus. An urban infection was therefore hypothized. During a following experiment 6 three-month old Beagle dogs were fed for nine months with raw meat sold in the butcheries of Rome as "food for pets". Two dogs of the same breed and origin were fed for the same period with canned food and were kept as control animals. At the end of the experiment three of the six dogs were found infected by E. granulosus, while the renmant three and the two controls resulted negative. An additional similar trial was carried out in Bologna. Three dogs were fed for seven months with the same kind of raw meat sold in three butcheries of Bologna, and a fourth dog was kept as control. At the end of the seven months also one of the three dogs was found infected by E. granulosus. These results seem to confirm the hypothesis of an urban infection by E. granulosus in dogs. Various possibilities of contamination of raw meat sold in butcheries as food for animals are discussed.
在之前由塔西和维登霍恩（1977年）在罗马对100只狗进行的一项调查中，发现两只一直生活在市区的动物感染了细粒棘球绦虫。因此推测存在城市感染情况。在接下来的一项实验中，6只3个月大的比格犬被喂食在罗马肉店作为“宠物食品”出售的生肉，为期9个月。另外两只相同品种和来源的狗在同一时期喂食罐头食品，并作为对照动物饲养。实验结束时，6只狗中有3只被发现感染了细粒棘球绦虫，而其余3只和2只对照狗检测结果为阴性。在博洛尼亚进行了另一项类似试验。3只狗被喂食在博洛尼亚三家肉店出售的同一种生肉，为期7个月，第四只狗作为对照。7个月结束时，3只狗中的1只也被发现感染了细粒棘球绦虫。这些结果似乎证实了狗存在细粒棘球绦虫城市感染的推测。文中讨论了肉店出售的作为动物食品的生肉受到污染的各种可能性。
