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Research
1.
Incidence of hydatid cyst disease in food animals
slaughtered at Sokoto central abattoir, Sokoto
state, Nigeria - Abdullahi Alhaji Magaji, S. I. Oboegbulem, A. I.
Daneji, H. S. Garba, M. D. Salihu, A. U. Junaidu,
A. A. Mohammed, M. Lawal, S. Aminu, Y. Yakubu, A.
Mamuda
Vet World. 2011; 4(5): 197-200
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.2011.197-200
Abstract
An abattoir based study was conducted to determine
the incidence of hydatid cyst disease in cattle,
camel, sheep and goats, over a one year period
(Oct 2003- Sept 2004). Forty six thousand two
hundred and twenty three (46223) cattle; 3545
camel; 16345 sheep and 14134 goats were examined
at post mortem for evidence of hydatid cyst
lesions. Incidences of 34 (0.07%), 318 (8.97%), 23
(0.14%) and 4 (0.03%) were found for cattle,
camel, sheep and goats, respectively. Locations of
the cyst lesions in the examined animals shows
liver was the most predominant site in cattle
21(61.76%), sheep 18(78.26%) and goats 3(75.0%).
For camels, lungs showed the most number of CE
lesions 291(91.51%). Overall, the least number of
hydatid cyst lesions were observed in the heart.
There was significant association (p < 0.001)
between the species of animals and infection. The
public health importance of the disease and the
findings were discussed.
Keywords:
Abattoir, Camel, Hydatid cyst, Public health, Food
Animal, Parasite, Zoonosis.
