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Volume 18(11): 880-885, 2014.Redacted 2018.

Prevalence and distribution of Cysticercus tenuicollis in viscera of sheep and goats.

 

Yasser shahbazi1, Ehsan Allah Afshari Safavi2, Mohammad Hashemnia3,*

 

Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control1, Clinical Sciences2, Pathobiology3 and School of Veterinary Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Shahbazi Y, Afshari Safavi EA, Hashemnia M., Prevalence and distribution of Cysticercus tenuicollis in viscera of sheep and goats, Onl J Vet Res., 18(11): 880-885, 2014. Cysticercus tenuicollis causes condemnation of visceral organs during meat inspection.  Carcasses of 5768 sheep and 647 goats were assessed for prevalence of C. tenuicollis and its relationship with season, sex and infected organs. 8.04% goats and 5.58% sheep were infected and prevalence was higher in females than males in both species (p<0.05).  Seasonal variation was statistically significant in sheep (p<0.05) with higher infection rates occurring in autumn. C. tenuicollis was more frequently detected in the omentum of sheep than other visceral organs.  Results suggest that the prevalence of C. tenuicollis infection in slaughtered sheep and goats was in this case relatively low compared with other surveys.

 

Keywords: Cysticercus tenuicollis; small ruminants; abattoir; Kermanshah; Iran.

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