Bovine cysticercosis in cattle slaughtered at Awassa municipal abattoir, Ethiopia: Prevalence, cyst viability, distribution and its public health implication

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Abunna, F ^a   Tilahun, G ^b   Megersa, B ^a   Regassa, A ^a   Kumsa, B ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abattoir survey; Bovine cysticercocis; Cattle; Ethiopia; Prevalence; Public health; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEEF; CARCASS; CATTLE; COW; CROSS BREEDING; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MASSETER MUSCLE; METACESTODE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIASIS; TONGUE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ETHIOPIA; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 38449111572     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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