Prevalence of Cysticercus Ovis among Slaughtered Goats in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Areej O Bakhraibah,Muslimah N Alsulami

doi:10.13005/bbra/2701

Abstract

Cysticercus ovis the intermediate stage of a canine tapeworm, Taenia ovis, produces cystic lesions in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of goats. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of cysticercus ovis in goats collected from Al Kakee’s Slaughter, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. A number of goats were collected for examination, a total of 51,750 locally raised goats and 61,911 imported goats. The experiment started at May 2017 and ended in April 2018. The results revealed that cysticercus ovis is common among imported goats more than local goats as implied in the tables attached below. As well as the evidence that the highest rate of infections was found during the warm months of summer.

Highlights

Cysticercus ovis the intermediate stage of a canine tapeworm, Taenia ovis, produces cystic lesions in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of goats
Cysticercus ovis can be found in dogs (Jenkins et al, 2018) known asEchinococcus and in pigs known as Tenia Solium and can be transferred to sheep and cattle (Garedaghi et al, 2012), even deers (Al-Sabi et al, 2013).When the meat of animals is infected with the C.ovis and consumed by humans it can cause cysticercosis disease or taeniasis when found in the small intestines (Neghab et al, 2006; Neva and brown, 1994)and other organs of the human body
Cysticercus Ovis is a thin walled cyst that is filled with fluids and can be found in infected animals, causing their meat to be of threat if consumed by humans

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Introduction

Cysticercus ovis the intermediate stage of a canine tapeworm, Taenia ovis, produces cystic lesions in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of goats. Cysticercus ovis, the intermediate stage of a canine tapeworm, Taenia ovis, produces cystic lesions in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of sheep which, if numerous, will result in the condemnation of an entire carcass (DeWolf et al, 2012). Cysticercus ovis can be found in dogs (Jenkins et al, 2018) known asEchinococcus and in pigs known as Tenia Solium and can be transferred to sheep and cattle (Garedaghi et al, 2012), even deers (Al-Sabi et al, 2013).When the meat of animals is infected with the C.ovis and consumed by humans it can cause cysticercosis disease or taeniasis when found in the small intestines (Neghab et al, 2006; Neva and brown, 1994)and other organs of the human body. Most countries do not have enough data to implement disease control campaigns (Zheng, 2016).Condemnation of the meat causes a catastrophe in the meat industry especially when the rate of infection is high (Cabaret et al, 2002)It is a major economical loss to the meat industry as well as a public health catastrophe (EARO, 2000)

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