Bovine cysticercosis is an important food safety issue and can cause economic loss. A cross sectional study on Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out in slaughtered cattle in Iran in order to determine the infection rate during a three-years period, from 2005 to 2007. A total of 4,534,105 cattle were examined by routine meat inspection. The results showed that 11,410 cattle (0.25 %) were infected with Cysticercus bovis; among those 1,041 carcasses (0.02%) were condemned. In such carcasses the metacestodes caused extensive damage in the vicinity of cysts in infected cattle. The rejected carcasses had an average of 410 thousands USD loss annually. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Khaniki, G. R. J., Raei, M., Kia, E. B., Haghi, A. M., & Selseleh, M. (2010). Prevalence of bovine cysticercosis in slaughtered cattle in Iran. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 42(2), 141–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-009-9399-3
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