Occurrence of porcine cysticercosis in free-ranging pigs delivered to slaughter points in Arapai, Soroti district, Uganda
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Occurrence of porcine cysticercosis in free-ranging pigs delivered to slaughter points in Arapai, Soroti district, Uganda | |
| Creator | Zirintunda, Gerald Ekou, Justine | |
| Description | Poverty, hunger and the need for production of pigs with meagre or zero inputs have made most farmers release their pigs to range freely, thus creating a pig-human cycle that maintains Taenia solium, the pig tapeworm and cause of porcine cysticercosis, in the ecosystem. A preliminary study was designed to establish the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis by postmortem examination of the tongue and carcass of free-range pigs from February to April 2014 in Arapai subcounty, Soroti district, eastern Uganda. The tongue of each pig was extended and examined before deep incisions were made and the cut surfaces were examined. The rest of the carcasses were examined for cysts. Out of 178 pigs examined, 32 were qualitatively positive for porcine cysticercosis, representing a prevalence of 18.0%. This high prevalence represents a marked risk to the communities in the study area of neurocysticercosis, a debilitating parasitic zoonosis. Proper human waste disposal by use of pit latrines, confinement of free-range pigs and treatment with albendazole and oxfendazole are recommended. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2015-06-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v82i1.888 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 82, No 1 (2015); 5 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/888/1288
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