Abstract

Parasitic diseases in general and Cysticercus tenuicollis in particular are responsible for the low productivity of livestock. A study to determine the prevalence of C. tenuicollis in sheep and goats at Addis Ababa abattoir, Ethiopia. A cross sectional study was conducted and a stratified random sampling technique was employed where by sheep and goats to be slaughtered were categorized into two groups based on their sex (male and female) and also based on their age (young and adult) only in case of sheep. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS program and Chi square. The overall prevalence of C. tenuicollis from 900 shoats was found to be at 355 (39%). Out of the 600 sheep inspected C. tenuicollis was detected in 223 (37.2%) and from 300 inspected goats C. tenuicollis was observed in 132 (44%). The age wise prevalence C. tenuicollis showed that the prevalence was higher in adult sheep (46%) than young sheep (28.3%). The prevalence of C. tenuicollis based on their sex was higher in female goats (45.3%) and sheep (37.8%) than in male goats (42.7%) and sheep (35.7%) with no significant statistical difference (P> 0.05). Although organ wise infection rates of both goats and sheep were 5.7% and 3.7% (mesentery), 0.7% and 0.2% (diaphragm), 0% and 0.2% (uterus), and 0.3% and 0% (rectum) with no significant statistical difference. However, in other infected organs, there was a significant statistical difference 39% and 34.2% (omentum), 14.7% and 7.8% (liver) and 3% and 0.8% (lung) in goats and sheep, respectively. The overall percentage of C.tenuicollis was higher in adult sheep (10.7%) than in young sheep (5%) with significant statistical difference (P< 0.05).

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