Mini-Review on Bovine Cysticercosis

Abstract

Bovine cysticercosis, a disease caused by larvae of the human intestinal cestod, Teania saginata, is one of the major parasitic diseases that have significant impact on the health of animals and on the economy by carcass and organ condemnation. The life cycle of the parasite pertains between animals and humans. Cattle act as an intermediate host; while man is a definitive host. The disease has worldwide distribution and transmitted to humans mainly by ingestion of raw uncooked meat. The faecal-oral route highly contributes for the parasite to infect cattle from ingestion of contaminated pasture with infected human stool. The lungs, heart, liver, tongue, shoulder muscle, masseter muscle and diaphragm are the predilection sites for the parasite. Eating of cooked meat and proper hygienic practices should be incorporated in the prevention and control of the disease.

Seroprevalensi Bovine Cysticercosis pada Sapi Bali di Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia (SEROPREVALENCE OF BOVINE CYSTICERCOSIS AT BALI CATTLE IN WEST NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA)

“…Parasit zoonosis ini memiliki pola epidemiologi yang khas, dipengaruhi oleh etnis dan budaya masyarakatnya dengan perkirakan kasus sekitar 50-77 juta di seluruh dunia (Tamirat et al, 2018). Cacing T. saginata merupakan cacing pita dengan ukuran yang sangat panjang, yaitu 4-8 meter, kadang-kadang sampai 15 meter (Alemneh et al, 2017). Cacing ini dapat menyebabkan obstruksi usus yang berdampak fatal pada manusia (Wani et al, 2018).…”

“…Le Coultre (1928) (Hirpha et al, 2016) dan di Mesir sebesar 6,09% (Elkhtam et al, 2016). Menurut Alemneh et al (2017) bovine cysticercosis menyebar luas di Ethiopia dengan jumlah angka kejadian yang dilaporkan berbeda-beda oleh beberapa peneliti, sesuai dengan masing-masing wilayah tempat studi dilakukan. Dari laporan Alemneh et al (2017) tersebut, diketahui prevalensi bovine cysticercosis sebesar 9,7% di Gondar; 21% di Nekemte; 13,85% di Debre Zeit; dan 19,5% di Bahir Dar.…”

A seroepidemiological study of bovine cysticercosis in Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

“…The biggest loss is suffered by the meat industry since the infected meat must be rejected and not be consumed [7]. Distribution of bovine cysticercosis is found almost all over the world, especially in rural communities, where man maintains close contact with cattle [8][9][10]. Human taeniasis is a parasitic infection that also has a worldwide distribution, and the highest burden was borne by communities in the developing world [11,12].…”

“…Many immunodiagnostic tests have been developed for the detection of bovine cysticercosis lately. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method was reported to give a good result [9,18]. For the test to give a good sensitivity and specificity value, this diagnostic method has been developed using the appropriate cyst antigen and is now available in commercial form.…”