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Cysticercosis
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There are no previous field studies that had directly measured the economic impact of porcine cysticercosis or the efficiency of any measure directed to the control of the parasite in Tanzania. The primary objective of this study was to conduct a financial benefit-cost analysis of a health and pig management education intervention to smallholder pig farmers in Mbulu District in northern Tanzania.
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The incidence of cysticercosis due to Taenia saginata in both local and exotic breeds of cattle slaughtered for meat in southeastern Nigeria between November 1999 and April 2002 is reported. The examination of various organs of 25,800 cattle in 10 major abattoirs of this region showed that 6750 (26.2%) were infected with Cysticercus (C.) bovis. The prevalence rates varied from one abattoir to another while the rates of cysticercosis in local and exotic breeds varied significantly (P > 0.05). Sixty percent of all the infected animals had cysts. The tongue, cardiac, and masseter muscles were the main predilection sites of the cysts. Out of 11,720 male cattle, examined, 3215 (27.4%) had cysts of C. bovis while 160 (13.6%) of the 1180 female animals investigated were infected.
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Researchers are conducting a clinical trial to examine what causes seizures in individuals with cysticercosis. Researchers believe that a better understanding of this could lead to improved methods of controlling or preventing seizures in affected individuals. For more information, visit the website: http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/A_1999-I-0149.html
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Failures in the detection of cysticercosis during post-mortem inspection may be reduced if meat inspection is practiced by experienced and conscientious inspectors under optimal conditions; these should include adequate rest periods. These conditions ... include good lighting, a low noise level and a system of inspection integrated with slaughtering procedures. Meat inspection manuals should be explicit in their directions for the examination of carcasses and organs for cysticerci. Meat inspection should be well planned, organized and managed at every slaughterhouse. It has been observed that the efficiency of meat inspection diminishes after two hours of routine work in a given position.
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Subcutaneous cysticercosis occurred in a 34-year-old man who had multiple asymptomatic subcutaneous nodules. Surgical excision of one lesion revealed a cystic structure with a fibrous capsule that embraced a pork tapeworm larva (Cysticercus cellulosae). Such esoteric afflictions as cysticercosis may be seen with increasing frequency in an age of accelerated international travel.
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Undoubtedly, many rabbits are unnecessarily discarded because hunters confuse cysticercosis with "white spots on the liver," so greatly publicized as evidence of a tularemia infection. However, the two are distinctly different, and the cysts can be readily differentiated from tularemia lesions.
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