Abstract
Bovine cysticercosis, a disease caused by larvae of the human intestinal cestod, Teania saginata, is one of the major parasitic diseasesthat have significant impact on the health of animals and on the economy by carcass and organ condemnation. The life cycle of the parasite pertains between animals and humans. Cattle act as an intermediate host; while man is a definitive host. The disease has worldwide distribution and transmitted to humans mainly by ingestion of raw uncooked meat. The faecal-oral route highly contributes for the parasite to infect cattle from ingestion of contaminated pasture with infected human stool. The lungs, heart, liver, tongue, shoulder muscle, masseter muscle and diaphragm are the predilection sites for the parasite. Eating of cooked meat and proper hygienic practices should be incorporated in the prevention and control of the disease
Highlights
Cysticercosis is a muscular infection of cattle and is caused by larvae of the human intestinal cestod, Teania saginata
Its life cycle is entirely dependent on the link between man and cattle so that any break in this links can result in the total elimination of the parasite (Figure 1)
World Health Organization (WHO) [4] has reported that this disease is very common in developing countries like Ethiopia
Summary
Cysticercosis is a muscular infection of cattle and is caused by larvae of the human intestinal cestod, Teania saginata. World Health Organization (WHO) [4] has reported that this disease is very common in developing countries like Ethiopia It is associated with poor hygiene and local factors including cultural background (eating raw meat “Kurt”, Kitfo” semi cooked leblebtibis), economic condition and religious beliefs, close proximity of humans to cattle kept with little or no distinction between companion or utility functions [3]. The contributions of C. bovis to organ condemnation in slaughtered cattle at different abattoirs have been reported [17,18] It is a great problem in developing countries like Ethiopia due to the cultural habit of eating raw meat in the form of “kurt” and “kitffo” as routine dish and during holidays has promoted the spread of human taeniasis throughout the country [19]. The objective of this Mini-Review is to compile some available information on bovine cysticercosis and to create awareness about the transmission and control strategies of the parasite
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