PREVALENCE OF CYSTICERCOSIS IN CATTLE SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JEQUIÉ, BAHIA, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Valdir Cleber Rêgo Santos Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil
  • Emanoel Tomé Regis Ramos Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil
  • Francisco Salles de Almeida Filho Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil
  • Jaqueline Maria da Silva Pinto Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil
  • Alexandre Dias Munhoz Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilheus, Bahia, Brasil

Abstract

The current study verified the prevalence of bovine cysticercosis in 142.579 slaughtered bovines in the period between August 2004 and July 2006, in a slaughter house-cold storage room, in the city of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil that has a Federal Inspection Service. Monthly nosograph maps related to the daily post-mortem, created by the Inspection Service during the period, were used. The data was submited into analysis that revealed a prevalence of 1.74% of bovine cysticercosis. From the total of 10.857 condemned organs, 5.571 (51.31%) were due the presence of cysticercus. The parasite presended a prevalence of 1.11% on the head muscles, 1.7% on the heart and 1.1% on the tongue. The cysticercosis is an importante cause of organ and carcass condemnation, on slaughtered bovines, creating significant economic profit losses and the prevalence of cysticercosis in organs and carcasses indicate the presence of human teniasis on the population of the surround area of the animals

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2008-04-03

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SANTOS, Valdir Cleber Rêgo; RAMOS, Emanoel Tomé Regis; FILHO, Francisco Salles de Almeida; PINTO, Jaqueline Maria da Silva; MUNHOZ, Alexandre Dias. PREVALENCE OF CYSTICERCOSIS IN CATTLE SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JEQUIÉ, BAHIA, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 1, p. 132–140, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/766. Acesso em: 17 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2008)

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Veterinary Medicine

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