Taenia solium cysticercosis survey at a slaughterhouse in Kampala, Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.31944
cg.identifier.urlhttps://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/31944
cg.issn1951-6711
cg.issue4
cg.journalRevue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTH
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTS
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTH
cg.subject.ilriMEAT
cg.subject.ilriPIGS
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASES
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-being
cg.volume73
dc.contributor.authorKungu, Joseph M.
dc.contributor.authorAfayoa, M.
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-02T10:22:40Zen
dc.date.available2021-02-02T10:22:40Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111115
dc.titleTaenia solium cysticercosis survey at a slaughterhouse in Kampala, Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractA survey was conducted at Wambizi slaughterhouse in Kampala City, Uganda, to ascertain the prevalence of Taenia species infection in pigs via serology, as well as the role of meat inspection in control of these parasitic conditions in carcasses of slaughtered pigs. A total of 620 pigs were sampled using simple random selection during three months. Individual pig data including sex, breed, district of origin, antemortem clinical signs and postmortem lesions were recorded. Blood samples were collected for serological assays. A questionnaire was used to capture perceptions of meat inspectors and pig traders on T. solium cysticercosis. Of the 620 pig inspected carcasses, only four were observed with T. solium cysts and none had T. hydatigena cysts. Up to 67 (10.8%) pigs tested positive by B158C11A10/B60H8A4 Ag-ELISA serology. Seroprevalences were significantly different between districts (χ2 = 45.98; p < 0.001) with pigs from the Eastern districts having the highest seroprevalence. The two meat inspectors at the slaughterhouse had knowledge of pork inspection protocol for Taenia spp. infections, although they did not follow it properly because of the high number of carcasses to be inspected daily. All the 15 traders interviewed had heard about porcine cysticercosis but only five had ever seen cystic pork. T. solium cysticercosis is still prevailing in pigs in Uganda. Meat inspection is not a reliable diagnostic tool for efficient detection of T. solium cysticercosis.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2020-11-25
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKungu, J.M., Afayoa, M. and Dione, M.M. 2020. Taenia solium cysticercosis survey at a slaughterhouse in Kampala, Uganda. Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux 73(4).en
dcterms.extentpp. 277-281
dcterms.issued2020-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCentre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement
dcterms.subjectswineen
dcterms.subjectporken
dcterms.subjectslaughteringen
dcterms.subjectabattoirsen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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