Bovine cysticercosis in the Gambia

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryGambiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GMen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen
cg.identifier.urlhttp://remvt.cirad.fr/revue/notice_fr.php?dk=544101en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalRevue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicauxen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.volume61en
dc.contributor.authorUnger, Freden
dc.contributor.authorManstermann, S.en
dc.contributor.authorCarayol, D.en
dc.contributor.authorMarcotty, T.en
dc.contributor.authorGeerts, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17T18:20:42Zen
dc.date.available2010-03-17T18:20:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/822
dc.titleBovine cysticercosis in the Gambiaen
dcterms.abstractSurveys were carried out in the slaughterhouses of Abuko and Banjul and on 16 farms involving 391 cattle in the Central River Division of The Gambia. Using conventional meat inspection, 12 (0.75%) out of 1595 slaughter cattle were found infected with cysticerci of Taenia saginata. On-farm screening using an antigen detection ELISA revealed an average within herd seroprevalence of 21.3% (CI95: 13.6; 29.0). Although official reports have not mentioned the occurrence of bovine cysticercosis in The Gambia for the last 10 years, these data clearly show that this zoonosis is present in the country. The discrepancy between the results of both techniques is due to the low sensitivity of classical meat inspection and the high sensitivity of ELISA for detection of circulating antigen.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationUnger, F., Münstermann, S., Carayol, D., Marcotty, T. and Geerts, S. 2008. Bovine cysticercosis in the Gambia. Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux 61(1): 15-17.en
dcterms.extentp. 15-17en
dcterms.issued2008-01en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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