Prevalence and Financial Effects of Hydatidosis in Cattle Slaughtered in Birre‐Sheleko and Dangila Abattoirs, Northwestern Ethiopia

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey of bovine hydatidosis was carried out on local zebu cattle slaughtered at Birre-Sheleko and Dangila Abattoirs from August 2007 to July 2008 to determine the prevalence and to estimate financial loss caused by the disease. Postmortem examination, hydatid cyst characterization and direct and indirect financial loss estimations were conducted. Out of the total of 521 animals examined (255 Birre-Sheleko and 266 Dangila), 79 (15.2%) were found harbouring one or more hydatid cyst. The prevalence of the disease between the two abattoirs was not significantly different (P > 0.05). The result obtained from postmortem examination indicated that a total of 112 visceral organs were found harbouring one or more hydatid cysts. The involvement of lung, liver, spleen and kidney was found to be 70.5%, 21.4%, 6.3% and 1.8% respectively. From the total of 224 cysts counted, 147 (65.6%), 29 (12.9%), 3 (1.3%) and 45 (20.1%) were small, medium, large and calcified cysts respectively, and 114 (50.9%) and 65 (29%) were sterile and fertile cysts respectively. Viability rate of 47.7%, all from the lungs, and higher liver calcification rate were observed. The annual financial loss from organ condemnation and carcass weight loss due to bovine hydatidosis at Birre-Sheleko and Dangila abattoirs were estimated to be $18911.6.

Major metacestodes in small ruminants slaughtered at Dessie municipal abattoir, Eastern Ethiopia: prevalence, cyst viability, organ distribution and economic implications

“…In contrast to this, goats showed a low prevalence of 1.90 % hydatidosis which concurs with the findings of earlier workers in Debre Zeit (Adem 2006) and Addis Ababa (Marshet et al 2011). Moreover, there are also reports that reveal a higher prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep [22.2 % in Nekemte (Kumsa 1994), 29.3 % in Adama (Getaw et al 2010) and 19.9 % in Addis Ababa (Kebede et al 2011)] and goats [6.7 % in Adama (Getaw et al 2010), 16 % in Addis Ababa (Kebede et al 2010) and 8.99 % in Modojo (Abiyot et al 2011)]. The lower prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in sheep and goats in this study than most of the previous studies in different parts of Ethiopia indicated above might be due to variations in agroecology among different study sites, age and breed of study animals; stocking rates and movement of animals; animal husbandry systems, awareness, culture and religion of the society; and attitude to a number of dogs in different regions of country as has been suggested by Kumsa (1994) and Kebede et al (2010).…”

Major causes and abnormalities of organ condemnation and financial loss in cattle slaughtered at Dessie municipal abattior South Eastern Ethiopia

“…This variation in prevalence of hydatidosis could be due to differences in animal husbandry system, back yard slaughtering of animals, lack of proper disposal of infected carcass and the presence of stray dogs and their relations with animals Mesele et al, (2013). In the present study, the overall prevalence of hydatidosis 22.13% is higher than 13.61% by melaku et al, (2012) in Dessie municipal abattoir, 15.2% as reported by Kebede et al, (2009b) in BirreSheleko and Dangila abattoirs, 16% in Wolaita Sodo abattoir by Kebede et al (2009a, c), 32.1% by Gebretsadik Berhe, (2009 in mekelle. These variations in prevalence of the diseases in different areas might be due to variation in the ecological factors that determine the occurrence of the diseases.…”

A review of the global prevalence, molecular epidemiology and economics of cystic echinococcosis in production animals

“…For instance, annual financial losses ranging from U.S.$5059 to U.S.$138,000 have been reported in different endemic areas of Ethiopia including the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (Bekele and Butako, 2011;Regassa et al, 2010;Kebede et al, 2009a), the Amhara Region (Kebede et al, 2011), and the Oromia Region (Getaw et al, 2010). Estimated losses per infected animal in Ethiopia varied from U.S.$1.6 to U.S.$21 (Kebede et al, 2009a,d).…”