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 Jequie, 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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