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Importance of cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered herbivores from Iran

Journal of Parasitic Diseases volume 39, pages 234–237 (2015)Cite this article

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Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatidosis is well-known as one of the zoonotic diseases in world-wide including Iran. Hydatidosis was considered as a disease that causes severe reduction in meat wool and milk in livestock animals which all of them indicating its importance. Thus, present study was designed to evaluated prevalence of CE in slaughtered animals from Delfan region in Lorestan province of Iran. The samples 6,885 animals were considered based on type of species in a slaughter from Lorestan province. The study performed from 3 April 2009 to 3 April 2012 and inspection carried out from 4,101 cattle, 2,150 sheep and 634 goat. The liver and lungs examined based on CE and showed the highest prevalence in cattle (25.7 %) and the lowest 3.8 % in goat, likewise, CE was more in the lung than to liver. There was significant difference between species of animals and infected organ (P < 0.001). The highest prevalence was seen in winter (32.8 % for cattle, 8.1 % for goat) while, it was 15.7 % for sheep in summer (P = 0.04). Overall these data indicate the necessity of disease control strategy for reduction of CE.

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Acknowledgments

The sincere help of the assistance of the meat inspection and abattoir staffs, especially Mr. Hossein Ali Yousefi in collecting the data for this study is greatly appreciated.

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  1. Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran

    Behrouz Ezatpour

  2. Delfan Veterinary Network, Delfan, Iran

    Seid Jafar Farhadi

  3. Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mehdi Azami

  4. Division of Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

    Masoud Alirezaei

  5. Department of Biostatistics, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran

    Farzad Ebrahimzadeh

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Ezatpour, B., Farhadi, S.J., Azami, M. et al. Importance of cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered herbivores from Iran. J Parasit Dis 39, 234–237 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-013-0328-z

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Keywords

  • Cystic echinococcosis
  • Slaughtered herbivores
  • Delfan
  • Iran