Major metacestodes in cattle slaughtered at Wolaita Soddo Municipal abattoir, Southern Ethiopia: Prevalence, cyst viability, organ distribution and socioeconomic implications

A cross sectional study to determine the prevalence and socioeconomic importance of major metacestodes of cattle was conducted from November 2007 to April 2008 at Wolaita Soddo abattoir. Accordingly, of 415 randomly selected slaughtered cattle, 11.3% and 15.4% were infected with Cysticercus bovis an...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2009-10, Vol.41 (7), p.1495-1502
Main Authors: Regassa, A, Abunna, F, Mulugeta, A, Megersa, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abattoirs - statistics & numerical data
Animals
Anticestodal Agents - economics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - epidemiology
Cattle Diseases - parasitology
Cestode Infections - epidemiology
Cestode Infections - veterinary
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cysticercus
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Humans
Life Sciences
metacestodes
Original Paper
Prevalence
questionnaires
Risk Factors
slaughterhouses
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taeniasis - epidemiology
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:A cross sectional study to determine the prevalence and socioeconomic importance of major metacestodes of cattle was conducted from November 2007 to April 2008 at Wolaita Soddo abattoir. Accordingly, of 415 randomly selected slaughtered cattle, 11.3% and 15.4% were infected with Cysticercus bovis and hydatid cysts, respectively. The anatomical distributions of these parasites include various organs. The major risk factors for cysticercosis prevalence were origin of the animals (P 
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-009-9338-3