<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Out of 19,046 goats aged between 5 and 6 month and slaughtered at an abattoir in Dubai between September 2012 and March 2014, 57 carcasses were objected at meat inspection due to the presence of bladder worms of the coenurus type. The majority showed single cysts that were cut out but 10 carcasses had to be discharged due to the presence of multiple cysts and with a maximum number of 41 coenuri. In the majority of carcasses, cysts were located in the legs (n=45) followed by abdominal muscles (n=16), diaphragm (n=14) and shoulder (n=13). Loin, rack, renal fat, heart, neck, masseter were other cyst locations. The size of the detected parasitic cysts ranged from 0.7 ml to 90 ml. The maximum number of 1,102 scolices was counted in an 86 ml coenurus found in the leg of a goat. Cysticercus tenuicollis was another cestode larval stage found in livers of 302 goats. A mixed infection with both parasites was detected in 35 carcasses.</p></abstract>

Out of 19,046 goats aged between 5 and 6 month and slaughtered at an abattoir in Dubai between September 2012 and March 2014, 57 carcasses were objected at meat inspection due to the presence of bladder worms of the coenurus type. The majority showed single cysts that were cut out but 10 carcasses had to be discharged due to the presence of multiple cysts and with a maximum number of 41 coenuri. In the majority of carcasses, cysts were located in the legs (n=45) followed by abdominal muscles (n=16), diaphragm (n=14) and shoulder (n=13). Loin, rack, renal fat, heart, neck, masseter were other cyst locations. The size of the detected parasitic cysts ranged from 0.7 ml to 90 ml. The maximum number of 1,102 scolices was counted in an 86 ml coenurus found in the leg of a goat. Cysticercus tenuicollis was another cestode larval stage found in livers of 302 goats. A mixed infection with both parasites was detected in 35 carcasses.

Abattoir survey on extra-cerebral coenurosis in goats

1Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, U.A.E.,

Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, PO Box 597, Dubai, U.A.E.

Nad Al Sheba Palace Veterinary Clinic, Dubai, U.A.E.

Szent István University H-1078, Budapest, István u. 2, Hungary

Helminthologia

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Out of 19,046 goats aged between 5 and 6 month and slaughtered at an abattoir in Dubai between September 2012 and March 2014, 57 carcasses were objected at...

Abattoir survey on extra-cerebral coenurosis in goats

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2015

Pages: 303 - 309

Reçu: 17 févr. 2015

Accepté: 15 avr. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0048

Mots clés
extra-cerebral coenurosis, goat, United Arab Emirates

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Abattoir survey on extra-cerebral coenurosis in goats

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2015

Pages: 303 - 309

Reçu: 17 févr. 2015

Accepté: 15 avr. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0048

Mots clésextra-cerebral coenurosis, goat, United Arab Emirates

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
extra-cerebral coenurosis, goat, United Arab Emirates