Prevalence of Sarcocystis sp. in cattle, sheep and goats in abattoirs of Lima

A study about the prevalence of Sarcocystis sp. in bovine, ovine and goat cattle have been performed using the Trichinoscopy method into heart and esophagus tissues. The results showed that 76 samples of heart tissues from bovine positive over a total of 85 samples (89.5%); will 122 samples from ovi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Castro, Julia, Leguía, Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1992
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/8336
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/8336
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sarcocystis
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Sumario:A study about the prevalence of Sarcocystis sp. in bovine, ovine and goat cattle have been performed using the Trichinoscopy method into heart and esophagus tissues. The results showed that 76 samples of heart tissues from bovine positive over a total of 85 samples (89.5%); will 122 samples from ovine were positive over a total of 134 samples (91.04%). In the same tissue of goat only 33 samples (52.4%). Sarcocystis was found in esophagus the parasitism average was as follow: 2% in bovine; 39.8 in ovine and 76.2 in goat. These results achieved that the mayor parasitism in bovine and ovine is located into the heart; whilst in goat the esophagus is the tissue more infect. Therefore a high parasitism by Sarcocystis sp. has been registered in the meat of cattle used as a human food.