| Literature DB >> 19568950 |
Gh R Jahed Khaniki1, M Raei, E B Kia, A Motevalli Haghi, M Selseleh.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19568950 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9399-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Anim Health Prod ISSN: 0049-4747 Impact factor: 1.559