Sensitivity of partial carcass dissection for assessment of porcine cysticercosis at necropsy

Many interventions against Taenia solium are evaluated by assessing changes in the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis ascertained by carcass dissection. Financial and logistical difficulties often prohibit dissection of entire pig carcasses. We assessed 209 pigs from rural areas of Cameroon and Per...

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Autores principales: Lightowlers, M.W., Assana, E., Jayashi, C.M., Gauci, C.G., Donadeu, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2015
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Succinctus
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26385439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.08.004
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author Lightowlers, M.W.
Assana, E.
Jayashi, C.M.
Gauci, C.G.
Donadeu, M.
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description Many interventions against Taenia solium are evaluated by assessing changes in the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis ascertained by carcass dissection. Financial and logistical difficulties often prohibit dissection of entire pig carcasses. We assessed 209 pigs from rural areas of Cameroon and Peru for the presence of T. solium cysticerci and determined the distribution of parasites within the musculature of infected animals. Considering the presence of cysts in the tongue, masticatory muscles and heart, 31 of the 38 (81%) naturally infected animals were identified as having cysts. Dissection of only the tongue, masticatory muscles and heart provides a relatively sensitive and highly specific method for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis.
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spelling pubmed-46558352015-12-18 Sensitivity of partial carcass dissection for assessment of porcine cysticercosis at necropsy Lightowlers, M.W. Assana, E. Jayashi, C.M. Gauci, C.G. Donadeu, M. Int J Parasitol Succinctus Many interventions against Taenia solium are evaluated by assessing changes in the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis ascertained by carcass dissection. Financial and logistical difficulties often prohibit dissection of entire pig carcasses. We assessed 209 pigs from rural areas of Cameroon and Peru for the presence of T. solium cysticerci and determined the distribution of parasites within the musculature of infected animals. Considering the presence of cysts in the tongue, masticatory muscles and heart, 31 of the 38 (81%) naturally infected animals were identified as having cysts. Dissection of only the tongue, masticatory muscles and heart provides a relatively sensitive and highly specific method for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis. Elsevier Science 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4655835/ /pubmed/26385439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.08.004 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Sensitivity of partial carcass dissection for assessment of porcine cysticercosis at necropsy
title_sort sensitivity of partial carcass dissection for assessment of porcine cysticercosis at necropsy
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