Comparison of bovine cysticercosis prevalence detected by antigen ELISA and visual inspection in the North East of Spain
Comparison of bovine cysticercosis prevalence detected by antigen ELISA and visual inspection in the North East of Spain
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DOI:
10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.03.027
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发表时间:
2012-06-01
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2.4
通讯作者:
Casal, J.
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作者:
Allepuz, A.;Gabriel, S.;Casal, J.
A cross-sectional serological study on cattle less than 2 years old, using an antigen ELISA for the detection of bovine cysticercosis was carried out between November 2009 and February 2010 in 10 slaughterhouses from the Catalonia region (North-Eastern Spain). Circulating antigen was detected in 23 of 2073 animals, i.e. a sero-prevalence of 1.11% (CI95%: 0.76-1.75%). The determined sero-prevalence was about 50 times higher than the prevalence obtained by visual inspection within the same period: 19 positive animals of 90,891 slaughtered animals (0.02%) in the same slaughterhouses. None of the animals with positive result in the Ag-ELISA was detected by meat inspection. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.