PREVALENCE AND HISTOPATHOLOGY OF TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS LARVAE OF SLAUGHTERED PIGS IN CAIRO GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Assiut University, Egypt.

2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Egypt.

3 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Egypt.

Abstract

The present work was planned to study the prevalence and the pathological lesions of Trichinella spiralis larva of slaughtered pigs in Cairo Governorate by using Trichinoscopic examination in slaughterhouse and confirmatory diagnosis by histopathological examination. For this purpose 184 muscle samples of pigs were collected from Al-Basatin Slaughterhouse, Cairo Governorate. The overall prevalence of Trichinella spiralis infection was 1.08% of examined pig's carcasses.

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 49, Issue 2
August 2019
Pages 439-442

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