Bovine Cysticercosis in Cattle Slaughtered at Awassa Municipal Abattoir, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Cyst Viability, Distribution and its Public Health Implication

Summary A cross‐sectional study was conducted from October 2005 to April 2006 on bovine cysticercosis in cattle slaughtered at Awassa municipal abattoir with the objective of determining the prevalence of Taenia saginata cysticercosis, cyst viability, distribution and its public health implication....

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Published in:Zoonoses and public health 2008-03, Vol.55 (2), p.82-88
Main Authors: Abunna, F., Tilahun, G., Megersa, B., Regassa, A., Kumsa, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abattoir survey
Abattoirs
Animal diseases
Animals
Beef
bovine cysticercocis
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - epidemiology
Cattle Diseases - parasitology
Cattle Diseases - transmission
Consumer Product Safety
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cysticercosis - epidemiology
Cysticercosis - parasitology
Cysticercosis - transmission
Cysticercosis - veterinary
Cysticercus - isolation & purification
Disease transmission
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Food Inspection
Food Parasitology
Humans
Infectious diseases
Meat - parasitology
Organ Specificity
Parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Public Health
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taenia saginata
Zoonoses
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Summary:Summary A cross‐sectional study was conducted from October 2005 to April 2006 on bovine cysticercosis in cattle slaughtered at Awassa municipal abattoir with the objective of determining the prevalence of Taenia saginata cysticercosis, cyst viability, distribution and its public health implication. Questionnaire survey involving 120 respondents was also conducted on human taeniasis. A total of 400 carcasses were examined during the study period, of which 105 (26.25%) were infected with T. saginata metacestodes. From a total of 3200 samples inspected, 500 cysticerci were detected in 141 samples, of which 221 (44.2%) were alive. The anatomical distribution of cysticerci were 65 (29.2%) heart, 56 (25.3%) shoulder muscle, 59 (26.7%) masseter, 23 (10.4%) tongue, 12 (5.4%) diaphragm, three (1.4%) liver, two (0.9%) lung and one (0.5%) kidney samples. The prevalence varied significantly between local and crossbred animals (OR = 3.15, P 
ISSN:1863-1959
1863-2378
DOI:10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01091.x