To the Question of Spreading of Sarcocystosis of Sheep Arriving Slaughterhouses

Abstract

The article presents information about sheep sarcocystosis, which in recent years has become quite widespread in many countries of the world and in certain regions of the Russian Federation. The results of veterinary and sanitary examination at 32 animal processing enterprises for the last 27 months have been analyzed. It was established that sarcocystosis is detected in 1,04...1,17% of sheep arriving for slaughter. The extent of infection of sheep with sarcocystosis depends on the age of the animals. The disease is more often found in adult sheep and much less often in young animals. More often adult sheep are ill and less young ones. Sarcocysts were not detected in lambs aged 4...4,5 months, in young animals older than 5...6 months, the pathogen is found in isolated cases, and only when sheep over a year are slaughtered, sarcocysts can be found in 1,02% of the livestock. In ewes and rams, the extent of sarcocystosis increased irregularly, and in some batches of sheep received at slaughterhouses, sarcocystosis of weak (72,5%) degree was more often noted, less often – of moderate (14,6%) and strong (3,2%) degree.