Prevalence and molecular characterization of cystic hydatidosis in livestock slaughtered in southern Mozambique.

ABSTRACT: Hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis caused by genotypes of the genus Echinococcus. This disease inflicts economic loses in livestock and cause public health burden in resource poor mostly in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and identity of the genotypes responsible for hydatid cysts in cattle, goats and pigs slaughtered at selected abattoirs of southern provinces of Mozambique. Cysts were collected from liver and lungs and hydatid confirmation was made by cystic membrane observation and visualization of protoscoleces by light microscope. Thirty-two hydatid cysts from 817 cattle and two from 68 pigs were collected from local slaughterhouses and slabs. DNA was extracted from protoscoleces of each cyst together with the cystic membrane and

SUBMITTER: Miambo RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901823 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature