A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya

Asaava, Lucas L.; Kitala, P.; Gathura, P B; Nanyingi, Mark; Muchemi, Gerald; Schelling, Esther

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.010

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“…In West Africa, studies have shown epilepsy to be associated with neurocysticercosis in human and further suggest that it is prevalent in low or middle-income endemic countries in which approximately 30% of epilepsy may be attributable to neurocysticercosis [49,61,62]. In animals, cysticercosis is associated with economic loss mainly due to condemnation, refrigeration, and downgrading of infected carcasses [63][64][65][66]. The high rate of condemnation of the liver points to the failure of proper animal health management techniques at the farm level.…”

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A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

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Food production needs to double, with minimum waste, if hunger and poverty is to be alleviated in South Africa. The condemnation of liver during meat inspection represents a huge waste of a protein food resource. This paper measures the quantity of liver condemned in three abattoirs in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and assesses the causes and the monetary loss associated with these condemnations. A retrospective study (RS) (n = 51 302) involving the use of abattoir slaughter records from 2010-2012 and a post-mortem meat inspection (PMMI) (n = 1374) was conducted from July to December 2013. The RS revealed the leading cause of liver wastage as fasciolosis (5.95%, 4.48%, and 2.7%), fibrosis (2.74%, 2.37%, and 1.0%), and abscessation (1.11%, 2.78%, and 1.5%) for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 respectively. During the PMMI, the same factors caused liver condemnation in addition to calcification (8.3%, 6.8%, and 3.2%), Cysticercosis bovis (1.7%, 2.4%, and 1.3%) and improper evisceration (4.8%, 12.4%, and 27.1%) for the abattoirs X, Y, and Z respectively. A total of R 343, 330 (USD 45,271.07) was lost due to the condemnation of liver between 2010 and 2012. The further loss of 3290.4 kg of liver was calculated for the six month in 2013, and its financial value was R 59, 227.2 (USD 5889.82). The result of this study provide baseline information on major causes of liver wastage in cattle slaughtered in South Africa as well as the direct financial losses and demonstrate the huge waste of ideal protein food source.

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Section: Factor Responsible For Bovine Liver Condemnationsmentioning

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A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

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“…Slaughter houses otherwise known as abattoirs provide excellent opportunities for detecting diseases of both economic and public health importance (Ojo 1994), especially in ascertaining the extent to which the public is exposed to certain zoonotic diseases in addition to estimating the financial implications of carcass condemnations to butchers (Asaaava et al 2009). Meat inspection records are among important sources of data on prevalence of diseases (Kambarage et al 1995).…”

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A 6-year survey of pathological conditions of slaughtered animals at Zango abattoir in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

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Etukudo-Joseph

Alawa

2010

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A 6-year retrospective study (2000-2005) of animals slaughtered at the Zango abattoir in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria was carried out to determine disease conditions encountered in slaughtered animals. Records kept at the abattoir were analysed. A total of 69,307 cattle, 3,820 goats and 1,763 sheep were slaughtered for the period under study. Of the 69,307 cattle slaughtered for the period, 22,459 (32.41%) were males and 46,848 (67.59%) were females, while 1,763 sheep were slaughtered comprising of 506 (28.70%) males and 1,257 (71.30%) females, and 3,820 goats made up of 1,212 (31.73%) males and 2,608 (68.27%) were females. The major disease and/or pathological conditions were helminthosis (fascioliasis, haemonchosis and paramphistomosis) 16.20%, Streptothricosis 4.15%, Pericarditis 2.20%, liver cirrhosis 2.08%, abscesses 1.04%, pneumonia 0.14%, nephritis 0.05% and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, Tuberculosis and Nocardiosis 0.01% each. Out of the 15,075 infected organs, 13,314 (88.38%) were partially salvaged while 1,751 (11.6%) whole organs were condemned. A total of 1,239 pregnant cows, 221 pregnant ewes and 637 pregnant does were slaughtered, representing a foetal wastage of 2.65% for cattle, 17.58% for sheep and 24.43% for goats. The result of this study apart from serving as an indicator of field disease condition also demonstrates cases of serious losses in production due to slaughter of pregnant animals especially for sheep and goats.

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“…As características da criação animal e das condições socioeconômicas nas propriedades amostradas indicaram a presença de fatores que favoreceram a transmissão da cisticercose bovina, mostrando que a prevalência encontrada na área em estudo também pode estar relacionada com esses fatores, como mostram outras pesquisas, que também identificaram a qualidade da água, o sistema de criação extensivo e semiextensivo, as baixas condições socioeconômicas da população e o tamanho da propriedade rural, entre os principais fatores, que podem contribuir para a transmissão dessa parasitose em criações animais (Asaava et al 2009, Acevedo-Nieto et al 2012, Calvo-Artavia et al 2013b, Calvo-Artavia et al 2013c, Santos et al 2013.…”

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Perfil da transmissão e prevalência da cisticercose bovina em propriedades rurais do Triângulo Mineiro

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Cysticercosis can affect cattle which develop the larvae Taenia saginata. Despite the importance of cysticercosis for public animal health and for the economy, the epidemiological reality of such zoonosis in Brazil is little known. In the southeastern region of the State of Minas Gerais most of the data are obtained from the official Sanitary InspectionServices in slaughterhouses, but little information based on field data from live animals. In order to assess the epidemiological situation of bovine cysticercosis in small and medium-sized rural properties of four municipalities, located in the region of Triângulo Mineiro, we searched the occurrence and the major risk factors associated with transmission of the disease in those properties. We conducted a cross-sectional epidemiological study involving 68 properties located in rural areas of the four municipalities, where there were collected 1002 bovine blood samples and applied an epidemiological questionnaire. The serological diagnosis of cysticercosis was conducted by sorting through indirect ELISA test, and the suspected cases were subjected to Immunoblot for confirmation. This study revealed the prevalence of 4.7% of bovine cysticercosis in rural properties of the municipalities sampled from July to August 2013. The factors which were statistically significant for the transmission of cysticercosis were the expertise of those responsible for the property (OR 5.81 IC 1,), the family income ) and the water quality of the property (OR 9.40 IC 1.97-9.59). Other factors observed were of lower significance. These results identified the main factors which interfere in the transmission of bovine cysticercosis, allowing to subsidize preventive measures and to control this important zoonotic disease in the region of Triângulo Mineiro.

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A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya

Cited by 28 publications

References 25 publications

A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

A 6-year survey of pathological conditions of slaughtered animals at Zango abattoir in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Perfil da transmissão e prevalência da cisticercose bovina em propriedades rurais do Triângulo Mineiro

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