Current Knowledge

Please answer yes or no to the questions below about your current knowledge of hydatid cysts and the worm that causes them.

Question Title

* 1. Were you previously aware of the sheep/dog lifecycle of Echinococcus granulosus, the worm that causes hydatid cysts?

Question Title

* 2. Were you previously aware that people can develop hydatid cysts and become very unwell?

Question Title

* 3. Are you aware that eradication of hydatidosis is the reason we dose all dogs in the Falkland Islands every 5 weeks with a worming medication?

Question Title

* 4. Are you aware that, by law, it is prohibited to feed dogs liver, hearts or lungs from any ruminant animal (sheep, goats, cattle etc)?

T