Prevalence of Cysticercus bovisin Cattle and Buffalo in Punjab and Sindhprovinces, Pakistan

摘要

Cysticercosis has a significant impact not only on public health but also on agricultural development worldwide. In order to provide an estimate of the prevalence of Cysticercus bovis in cattle and buffaloes in certain regions of Pakistan, 3731 cattleand 1105 buffaloes were examined in the period of April through October, 2009 in an export slaughter house in Lahore by extended meat inspection (masseter and pterygoid muscles, freed tongue, heart, diaphragm, esophagus, M. triceps brachii). The proportion of carcasses found to be infected with cysts was significantly different for species (cattle: 2.1 %, buffalo: 4.7 %; P = 0.002), gender (higher in females; P < 0.001) and age (higher in animals > 2.5 years of age; P < 0.001). In detail, the percentages were in cattle and buffaloes 2.6 % and 6.0 % for females vs. 1.9 % and 4.1 % for males, and 3.8 % and 7.4 % for animals > 2.5 years of age vs. 1.4 % and 2.8 % for animals < 2.5 years of age.