Prevalence of extra-intestinal porcine helminth infections and assessment of sanitary conditions of pig slaughter slabs in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMkupasi, Ernatus M.
dc.contributor.authorNgowi, Helena A.
dc.contributor.authorNonga, Hezron Emmanuel
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-02T10:40:24Z
dc.date.available2022-03-02T10:40:24Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractA study was carried out to establish the preva- lence of extra-intestinal porcine helminth infections and to assess the pig slaughter slab sanitary conditions in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania. A total of 24 privately owned pig slaughter slabs were assessed. All slaughter slabs were sub- standard; wrongly located, poorly designed and constructed and lacked most basic requirements for a slaughter house. Because of inadequate slaughtering, disposal and cleaning facilities, the slaughter slabs were under unhygienic condition with questionable safety, soundness and whole- someness of the pork produced. Routine meat inspection procedures were used to detect extra-intestinal porcine helminth infections. Of the 731 examined pigs; 8.1%, 5.9% and 0.4% were infected with ascariosis, porcine cysticer- cosis and hydatidosis, respectively. It was noted that almost all slaughter pigs in Dar es Salaam originated from different regions. Based on the region of origin, the status of porcine cysticercosis was 8.2% for Dodoma (n=98), 8.2% for Manyara (n=260) and 6.9% for Mbeya (n=116). This study disclosed the unhygienic sanitary condition prevailing in Dar es Salaam pig slaughter slabs and recommends that strategies should be devised to improve the situation. Porcine ascariosis and cysticercosis were widely prevalent and caused economic losses due to condemnations. Be- cause of their zoonotic nature, the observed extra-intestinal porcine helminth infections in pig pose a public health risk among consumers. Thus, there is a need to introduce appropriate control measures of parasitic infections in pigs.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3962
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectPig slaughteren_US
dc.subjectSanitary conditionsen_US
dc.subjectCysticercosisen_US
dc.subjectEchinococcosisen_US
dc.subjectAscariosisen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of extra-intestinal porcine helminth infections and assessment of sanitary conditions of pig slaughter slabs in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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