Studies on porcine cysticercosis with special reference to serodiagnosis

Abstract

The incidence of cysticercosis in pigs was studied in four districts of Andhra Pradesh and three districts from Karnataka. The data regarding the prevalence was collected from the Bacon factory, Gannavaram and pig units at Gannavaram, Pedavegi, Tirupati, Hebbal and Hessarghatta. The prevalence of Cysticercus cellulosae based on 12,960 pigs slaughtered from April to March 1995 at the Bacon factory, Gannavarm was 5.86 percent. The prevalence was 6.89, 6.96, 5.81 and 3.23 percent during four years and males were more commonly affected than females. newline