Abstract
Cysticercosis is one of the main zoonotic parasitic diseases caused by the larval settlement of Taenia solium. This disease develops mainly in pigs that are reared in non-technified farms where the use of technology and the sanitary conditions are poor. It is quite usual to rear pigs this way and, therefore, there is a public health risk. In this sense, the cysticercosis prevalence was determined among pigs in the Tambopata Province, including 98 animals in the evaluation. Approximately 5 ml of blood were taken from the vena cava in more than 6-month-old female pigs that were not pregnant. Next, the plasma was taken in order to be processed under an enzyme-linked inmunoelectrotransfer bloot assay (EITB) or western blot. It was found that 17% of pigs were positive to cysticercosis. Regarding the sex, the seroprevalence was 5.21% ± 0.82% in males and 11.45% ± 1.93% in females. Finally, the seroprevalence was determined at 10.41% ± 1.75% in young animals (6 to 11 months old) and 6.25% ± 1.01% in adult animals (12 months old and above). These results show how important it is to monitor and control the parasitic diseases in production animals as this study confirmed that porcine cysticercosis is a serious problem in public health.References
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Keywords
seroprevalence
Taenia solium
western blot