The prevalence of hydatid cysts in slaughtered animals in Iraq

Al-Abbassy, S. N.; Altaif, K. I.; Jawad, A. K.; Al-Saqur, Ihsan M.

doi:10.1080/00034983.1980.11687329

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“…Small ruminants (sheep and goats) three years or older were also found to be 1.6 times more at risk as compared to the younger groups. Additionally, an increase of cyst abundance has been reported in older age groups of farm animals (Al-Abbassy et al, 1980;Kamhawi et al, 2009Ibrahim, 2010Ibrahim et al, 2011;Andresiuka et al, 2013 andQingling et al, 2014).…”

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Epidemiological Study of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep, Cattle and Goats in Erbil Province

Hassan

Mero

Casulli³

et al. 2016

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Abstract:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid cyst (HC) caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Since Kurdistan region is considered as endemic area, an epidemiological study was conducted to investigate the occurrence of CE isolated from sheep, cattle and goats from July 2013 to June 2014. The total rate of infection was 11.17(457/4092), with the highest rate (9.07%) in sheep and the lowest (0.54%) in goats. Regarding the sex of the infected animals, female showed slightly a higher rate than males (5.99% versus 5.18%) which statistically non-significant (P>0.05). Among the three intermediate host sheep showed the highest rate of infection (14.51%) regarding the sex females of sheep and cattle showed higher rate of infection versus males (27.36 and 20.35 versus 9.37 and 3.86). Furthermore, the highest incidence of CE in sheep, cattle and goats were found among the age group over three years (18.75, 5.41 and 1.69%, respectively), while the lowest rate was noted in the age groups less than one year (3.96 and 0.25%, o.33, respectively). On the other hand, sheep showed high rate of infection throughout the year with peaks during May to July which were 19.44%, 17.59 and 18.14%,respectively. This was followed by cattle and goats (11.67% and 5.26%) in April and December, respectively. Regarding the size, the higher numbers of small sized cysts were found in the liver (98/175), while the highest numbers of large sized cysts were found in both liver and lung which were 69/165. The liver and lungs appeared to be the site of predilection, since highest rate of infection was reported in these organs. Regarding the fertility of CE, the highest was in sheep (87.6%), followed by goats (77.27%) and then the cattle (40.63%).

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Epidemiological Study of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep, Cattle and Goats in Erbil Province

Hassan

Mero

Casulli³

et al. 2016

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“…The prevalence of animal hydatidosis in Iraq was recorded to be 4.5-44.0% in sheep, 3.1-26.6% in goats , 4.3-13.9% in cattle and 20.4-72.0% in camels (2,(5)(6)(7). The high prevalence was related to the correspondingly high infection of dogs (8)(9)(10)(11)).…”

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Epidemiology of Hydatidosis and Echinococcosis in Theqar Province, Southern Iraq

Molan¹

1993

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“…A large number of reports on hydatidosis have been forthcoming from several countries (1,6,9,10,11,13,20,21,22,26,29,31).…”

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Hydatidosis in buffaloes in Bangladesh

Islam¹

1982

Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE

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Four hundred and thirty-nine buffaloes of different age groups in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, were examined and 42.36% were found to be infected with hydatidosis. The infection was recorded in the liver 28.47%, lungs 32.80%, spleen 3.22%, heart 2.15%, kidney 1.08%, omentum 0.54%, and both liver and lungs 31.72%. The weak (78.40% and 81.25%), medium (15.20% and 11.11%) and heavy (6.40% and 7.64%) infections were recorded in the liver and lungs, res pectively. Cysts were fertile in 10. 34% of cases, sterile in 66.12%, calci fied in 12.38%, suppurative in 7.76%, and undeveloped in 3.40%. The lowest (8.88%) and the highest (68.47%) infections were recorded in 0-3 and 9-year old buffaloes and above.

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The prevalence of hydatid cysts in slaughtered animals in Iraq

Cited by 38 publications

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Epidemiological Study of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep, Cattle and Goats in Erbil Province

Epidemiological Study of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep, Cattle and Goats in Erbil Province

Epidemiology of Hydatidosis and Echinococcosis in Theqar Province, Southern Iraq

Hydatidosis in buffaloes in Bangladesh

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