Co-infection of pigs with Taenia solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in Eastern and Western Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdiensten
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorSoulsby Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierNICHOLAS NGWILI: 0000-0002-3940-4438
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210
cg.creator.identifierKaren Marshall: 0000-0003-4197-1455
cg.creator.identifierDishon Muloi: 0000-0002-6236-2280
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07380-9en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0932-0113en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalParasitology Researchen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume121en
dc.contributor.authorNgwili, Nicholasen
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en
dc.contributor.authorGithigia, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMuloi, Dishon M.en
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Karenen
dc.contributor.authorWahome, R.en
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-25T11:07:34Zen
dc.date.available2021-11-25T11:07:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116288
dc.titleCo-infection of pigs with Taenia solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in Eastern and Western Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractA study was carried out in Kamuli and Hoima districts in Eastern and Western regions of Uganda to determine the Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis (PCC) and gastrointestinal (GI) parasites co-infection status in pigs. One hundred sixty-one households were selected randomly and visited between November and December 2019. A household questionnaire was administered, and faecal and blood samples were collected from at least one pig older than 3 months per household. A blood sample was obtained from a jugular venipuncture, and a rectal faecal sample was obtained. Taenia spp. circulating antigen levels in the sample sera were tested using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit, apDia™ cysticercosis Ag ELISA. The modified McMaster technique was used to identify and quantify the GI parasites. The apparent animal-level seroprevalence for PCC was 4.8% (95% CI 2.7–7.1) and differed across the two districts (p = 0.018). At the pig herd level, the prevalence was 9.7% (95% CI 5.5–14.4). The prevalence of the different nematode eggs and coccidian oocysts in the two districts was as follows: strongyles 79.0% (95% CI 74.3–83.6), coccidia 73.3% (95% CI 68.3–78.6), Trichuris spp. 7.4% (95% CI 4.9–10.6), Strongyloides ransomi 2.1 (95% CI 0.7–3.5) and Ascaris spp. 4.9 (95% CI 2.8–7.4). Overall, across the two districts, the arithmetic mean for the oocysts per gram (OPG) for coccidia was 2042.2 ± 5776.1, and eggs per gram (EPG) were the highest in strongyles 616.1 ± 991. Overall, 57.4% of the porcine cysticercosis seropositive pigs were also positive for at least one of the gastrointestinal helminths which included strongyles, Strongyloides ransomi, Trichuris spp. and Ascaris spp. The co-infection status of pigs with both PCC and GI parasites demonstrated by this study can provide an incentive for integrating the control and management of both parasites with oxfendazole. Further studies are required to understand the feasibility of using oxfendazole including cost–benefit analysis and the acceptability by local stakeholders for the control of T. solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in pigs.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-11-24
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNgwili, N., Thomas, L., Githigia, S., Muloi, D., Marshall, K., Wahome, R. and Roesel, K. 2022. Co-infection of pigs with Taenia solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in Eastern and Western Uganda. Parasitology Research 121(1): 177–189.en
dcterms.extent177-189en
dcterms.issued2022-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectswineen
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjectparasitesen
dcterms.subjectcysticercosisen
dcterms.subjectinfectious diseasesen
dcterms.subjectparasitologyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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