Abstract

CRUZAT S, Antonio; SILVA G, Alex; MORALES M, Pamela  and  CARMONA H, Hortensia. Characterization of the prevalence of findings compatible with hydatidosis and fertility of hydatid cysts in cattle of a slaughterhouse in Curicó, Chile. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2019, vol.30, n.2, pp.874-882. ISSN 1609-9117.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v30i2.16087.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of findings compatible with hydatidosis and fertility of hydatid cysts in bovines of a slaughterhouse in Curicó, Chile. Lungs, livers, hearts, spleens and kidneys of 218 animals slaughtered in April 2017 were analyzed. The prevalence of findings compatible with hydatidosis was 12.4%, where 74.1% of affected animals presented lung cysts, 11.1% liver cysts and 14.8% of both types. Older animals concentrated the greatest number of findings. In samples of hydatid fluid from unilocular cysts a fertility of 6.25% was obtained. The prevalence of findings found was lower than the data described in national studies.

Keywords : hydatidosis; bovine; prevalence; fertility.

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