PREVALENCE AND HISTOPATHOLOGY OF TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS LARVAE OF SLAUGHTERED PIGS IN CAIRO GOVERNORATE, EGYPT | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Article 22, Volume 49, Issue 2, August 2019, Page 439-442 PDF (492.4 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68187 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
AHMED K. DYAB1; MARWA A. AHMED2; AHMED G. ABDELAZEEM3 | ||||
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Assiut University, Egypt. | ||||
2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Egypt. | ||||
3Department 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. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Trichinella spiralis; Pig; Trichinoscopy; histopathology | ||||
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