[The infection rates of echinococcosis and cysticercosis in agricultural animals in the Orenburg Region].

The infection rates of echinococcosis and cysticercosis in cattle and pigs were studied in the Orenburg Region. Those of echinococcosis remained high (the extensiveness of invasion increased from 6.7 to 23.8%, as shown by the 1996-2001 data) despite a considerable reduction in the animal numbers in the 1990s. The infection rate of cysticercosis in the cattle with cysticercosis was much lower (the extensiveness of invasion increased from 0.12 to 0.27% over this period). The lowest infection rate was established for porcine cysticercosis (the extensiveness of invasion was 0.1%).