Cysticercosis is a worldwide zoonosis, which demands proper control and monitoring during all beef production chain. In Brazil, the key point for controlling this zoonosis is the anatomopathological exam conducted in slaughterhouses during the post-morten inspection. This study aimed to describe...

Cysticercosis is considered to be one of the main parasitic diseases that cause economic losses in the meat market currently. In addition, the disease is considered an important zoonosis in public health due to the severity of the implications that it causes in the host. Therefore, the objective of ...

In order to diagnose the situation of bovine taeniasis-cysticercosis complex in the municipality of Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, blood samples were collected from 355 cattle in 18 randomly selected farms. A socioeconomic questionnaire was filled in each farm for the analysis of factors which...

Bovine cysticercosis is an important zoonotic parasitic disease with high prevalence in several regions of Brazil. Considering the need of improvement of the accuracy of diagnosis of these lesions, as well as the difficulty of classification of the cysts, this study aimed to correlate gross and...

A survey of parasitic diseases of cattle and sheep diagnosed in Southern Brazil, from January 1978 to December 2014, was conducted in the Laboratório Regional de Diagnóstico, of Universidade Federal de Pelotas. In cattle 10.1% of all cases diagnosed were parasitic diseases, of which the most common ...

Cysticercosis can affect cattle which develop the larvae Taenia saginata. Despite the importance of cysticercosis for public animal health and for the economy, the epidemiological reality of such zoonosis in Brazil is little known. In the southeastern region of the State of Minas Gerais most of the ...

Brazil has excelled in animal production and in its economy one of the fastest growing sectors in the country that generates income is agriculture, especially the production and cattle, pigs and horses. The different animal livestock species are affected by many diseases, among them zoonoses, such...

The current study aimed to verify the prevalence of cysticercosisis in 429, 266 bovines slaughtered from January 2009 to December 2014, in a slaughterhouse with State Inspection Service in the municipality of Sinop-MT. Monthly spreadsheets related to the daily post-mortem examination created by the ...

This study was focused on the determination of cysticercosis prevalence in swine and cattle carcasses in 56 slaughterhouses under supervision from Inspection Service of São Paulo State (SISP) between the years 2008 and 2013. Amongst the 1,305,723 pigs slaughtered, cysticercosis was present in only...