Comparison of bovine cysticercosis prevalence detected by antigen ELISA and visual inspection in the North East of Spain |
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| Authors: | Allepuz A Gabriël S Dorny P Napp S Jansen F Vilar M J Vives L Picart L Ortuño A Gutiérrez J Casal J |
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| Institution: | Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. alberto.allepuz@uab.es |
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| Abstract: | A cross-sectional serological study on cattle less than 2 years old, using an antigen ELISA for the detection of bovine cysticercosis was carried out between November 2009 and February 2010 in 10 slaughterhouses from the Catalonia region (North-Eastern Spain). Circulating antigen was detected in 23 of 2073 animals, i.e. a sero-prevalence of 1.11% (CI95%: 0.76-1.75%). The determined sero-prevalence was about 50 times higher than the prevalence obtained by visual inspection within the same period: 19 positive animals of 90,891 slaughtered animals (0.02%) in the same slaughterhouses. None of the animals with positive result in the Ag-ELISA was detected by meat inspection. |
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