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Prevalence of bovine cysticercosis in slaughtered cattle in Iran |
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| Authors: | Gh. R. Jahed Khaniki M. Raei E. B. Kia A. Motevalli Haghi M. Selseleh |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Animal Disease Control, Iranian Veterinary Organization, Tehran, Iran 2. Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract: | Bovine cysticercosis is an important food safety issue and can cause economic loss. A cross sectional study on Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out in slaughtered cattle in Iran in order to determine the infection rate during a three-years period, from 2005 to 2007. A total of 4,534,105 cattle were examined by routine meat inspection. The results showed that 11,410 cattle (0.25 %) were infected with Cysticercus bovis; among those 1,041 carcasses (0.02%) were condemned. In such carcasses the metacestodes caused extensive damage in the vicinity of cysts in infected cattle. The rejected carcasses had an average of 410 thousands USD loss annually. |
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