MAJOR METACESTODES OF CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS SLAUGHTERED AT BISHOFTU ELFORA EXPORT ABATTOIR, COMMUNITY PERCEPT ION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE OF ZOONOTIC CESTODES
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yacob Hailu (Prof), Dr. Tariku Jibat | |
| dc.contributor.author | ERMIAS, WORKU | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-15T13:00:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-30T13:17:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-15T13:00:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-30T13:17:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description | MSc Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A cross-sectional study was carried out from November, 2015 to March, 2016 in the Elfora export Abattoir, in the Bishoftu city of Ethiopia with the objective of estimating the prevalence, organ distribution, viability of Cysticercus bovis and Hydatid cyst, identifing major risk factors and assessing the level of risk perception of community about zoonotic cestodes. A total of 1169 animals comprising 384 cattle, 385 sheep and 400 goats .Out of the total 785 small ruminants examined for the presence of hydatid cysts and Coenurus cerebralis an overall prevalence of 7.39% and 3.8% was recorded, respectively. Of the total 400 goats examined for hydatid cysts, 6.8 % and Coenurus cerebralis 5% were found positive.There was no significant difference in the prevalence of Coenurus cerebralis in sheep and at different age groups and in both species. However, young goats found significantly affected by Coenurosis. More Hydatid infected sheep were found in Negelle 17.6 % where as 11.7 % of goats with Hydatid cyst was found in Yabello zone. Organ distribution hydatid cyst revealed that lung and liver were found frequently infected. Out of 49 sheep with hydatid cysts, 57.1 % harbored hydatid cysts in lung, 36.7 % in liver, 2.04% in kidney and 4.08 % in muscle. In sheep, a total of 49 cysts were examined to identify cyst fertility or viability out of these 24%, 20%, 28% and 28% were identified as fertile, non viable, sterile and calcified, respectively. From a total of 27 lung cysts there was no fertile cyst detected in goats. Out of 384 randomly selected slaughtered cattle, 17 (4.4%) and 47 (12.2%) were infected with Cysticercus bovis and Hydatid cyst, respectively. Regarding organ distribution, tongue was the most frequently infected organ with Cysticercus bovis. The total 119 Hydatid cysts being collected from the infected cattle were distributed as in the lungs 63.03 %, liver 33.6 % and kidneys 3.36 %. Of a total of 74,684 patients admitted for stool examination in the two private clinics and one referral hospitals in Bishoftu, 495 (0.61%) Taeniosis cases were registered. Males are 2 times more prone to acquiring Taeniosis than female (OR=2.096,P=0.000). Education status created significant role in risk of exposure in which tertiary educated individuals has low risk than illiterates and other levels of education. From a total of 100 people 69% knew that tapeworm could spread from animals to humans. There was significant difference in high risk group where large number of Christians experienced consumption of raw meat (p = 0.001). These results suggest that the high prevalence of metacestode infestations in this area is a great concern for both medical and veterinary authorities to design therapeutic and preventive programmes to overcome this problem. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14270 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cestodes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Coenurus cerebralis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydatid Cysts | en_US |
| dc.title | MAJOR METACESTODES OF CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS SLAUGHTERED AT BISHOFTU ELFORA EXPORT ABATTOIR, COMMUNITY PERCEPT ION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE OF ZOONOTIC CESTODES | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |