Cystic Echinococcosis in Slaughtered Animals in Libya: A Review

Rugaia M A El-Salem,Eman Z Younis,Abdulhafeez Khan

doi:10.51984/jopas.v20i1.1239

Abstract

Unilocular Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), in livestock is caused by the larval cystic stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid cysts in domestic animals lead to protein and economic losses, because of the condemnation of slaughtered animals infected viscera as well as reducing the quality and quantity of the livestock other productions such as milk, wool and meat. In Libya, hydatid disease infects a wide range of domestic animals (sheep, goats, cattle and camels) act as intermediate hosts E. granulosus. Prevalence of cystic hydatidosis based on available abattoirs data in livestock is hyper endemic in Libya and infection rates in all domestic slaughtered animals reached almost 50%. Many abattoir investigations in Libya have revealed that hydatid cyst is a disease, which infect a wide range of animal species with variable rates of infection, for example, sheep (1.6 to 40%), goats (5.6 to 70%), cattle (2.7 to 56%) and camels (2.7 to 48%) in different cities of Libya. Population of stray dogs and its worm burden infection of E. granulosus, socio-economic development, socio- economic agricultural practices, common traditional animal husbandry practices and the practices of slaughtering of domesticated animals continued the transmission of cystic hydatidosis in the various cities of Libya. Importance of echinococcosis given on human health and domestic animals industry, it is necessary to implement monitoring and control measures in this regard in Libya. This requires public health education and awareness about the dangers of the disease and its transmission and preventive routes, education on the appropriate ways of washing and disinfecting of vegetables and fruits, education on the correct ways of animal slaughtering, prevention on feeding dogs by viscera of home-slaughtered animals, prevention on direct contact by dogs faeces, enforce legislation on meat inspection and improve veterinary services in both government as well as private abattoirs in Libya.

Highlights

Cystic echinococcosis or cystic hydatidosis caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus
Quantitative similarities in the biochemical profiles of hydatid fluids in cystic echinococcosis from hosts of different origin suggest the existence of sheep forms of E. granulosus in human and other domestic animal intermediate hosts in Libya [46]
The fertility of cystic echinococcosis is noticeably higher in sheep, goats and camels reinforces importance of these livestock in the endemicity and maintaining the life cycle of cystic hydatidosis in Libya [17], [24], [31], [33] and [35]

Summary

Introduction

Cystic echinococcosis or cystic hydatidosis caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. ‫ الناجم عن مرحلة اليرقات من‬Human cystic echinococcosis ‫يعتبر داء المشوكات الكيس ي البشري‬ ‫المشوكة الحبيبية من الأمراض الحيوانية المنشأ ذات الأهمية الكبرى للصحة العامة في جميع أنحاء الشرق‬ ‫ يتم تحديد معدلات الانتشار من قبل الماشية التي تعتبر كعائل وسيط في الخزائن‬.‫الأوسط بما في ذلك ليبيا‬ ‫ تعتبر الحيوانات الأليفة مثل الأغنام والماعز والإبل المصدر الرئيس ي للحوم لأن هذه الحيوانات‬،‫المضيفة في ليبيا‬ ‫عادة ما يتم ذبحها بمناسبة الزواج والأعياد الدينية الأخرى جنبا إلى جنب مع أعداد الكلاب الضالة الكبيرة في هذه‬ ‫ يعد انتشار داء العداريات الكيس ي بناء على‬.‫المنطقة تشكل أهمية كبيرة للصحة العامة من داء المشوكات الكيس ي‬ ‫ ووصلت معدلات الإصابة في جميع الحيوانات‬،‫بيانات المسالخ المتوفرة في الماشية متوطنا بشكل مفرط في ليبيا‬ ‫ كشفت العديد من التحقيقات في المجازر في ليبيا أن الكيس العدارية هو‬.٪05 ‫المذبوحة المنزلية إلى ما يقرب من‬

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