Follow-up study of prevalence and control of ascariasis in swine populations in Serbia
Abstract
The cause of the most significant helminth diseases in swine - Ascaris suum, can also causes infections in humans. The use of swine manure in agriculture renders the eggs of this ascaridida an accessible source of infection, thus posing a significant risk factor for human health. With the objective of proving the prevalence of infection with A. suum nematodes in the territory of Serbia, investigations were carried out in the period between 2007-2011 in the territories of five districts: North Baka, South Banat, Branievo, Zlatibor and Niava. The investigations covered coprological examinations of 1031 feces samples of swine originating from farms owned by individual breeders. The samples were examined using the standard flotation method with a saturated water solution of NaCl. The established prevalence of ascariasis infection amounted to 47.62% (1031/491). The biggest prevalence of infection was determined in the territory of the Branievo District, 65.78% (301/198), and the smallest in... the territory of the Niava District, 32.24% (183/59). In spite of its prevalence and vast economic importance, there is still insufficient information about the key aspects of the biology and epidemiology of A. suum. Viewed from the aspect of epizootiology, it is very important to know the prevalence of swine infections with Ascaris because of the possible infection of humans by its migrating larvae.
Keywords:
Ascariasis / swine / humans / visceral larva migransSource:
Acta Parasitologica, 2013, 58, 3, 278-283Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing Ag, Cham
Funding / projects:
- Wild animal health monitoring and introduction of new biotechnology procedures in detection of infectious and zoonotic agents - risk analysis for human health, domestic and wild animal health and for environmental contamination (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-31084)
- Application of the EIIP/ISM bioinformatics platform in discovery of novel therapeutic targets and potential therapeutic molecules (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-173001)
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-013-0132-z
ISSN: 1230-2821
PubMed: 23990423
WoS: 000323651800005
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84883264263
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Fakultet veterinarske medicineTY - JOUR AU - Ilić, Tamara AU - Becskei, Zsolt AU - Tasić, Aleksandar AU - Dimitrijević, Sanda PY - 2013 UR - https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1009 AB - The cause of the most significant helminth diseases in swine - Ascaris suum, can also causes infections in humans. The use of swine manure in agriculture renders the eggs of this ascaridida an accessible source of infection, thus posing a significant risk factor for human health. With the objective of proving the prevalence of infection with A. suum nematodes in the territory of Serbia, investigations were carried out in the period between 2007-2011 in the territories of five districts: North Baka, South Banat, Branievo, Zlatibor and Niava. The investigations covered coprological examinations of 1031 feces samples of swine originating from farms owned by individual breeders. The samples were examined using the standard flotation method with a saturated water solution of NaCl. The established prevalence of ascariasis infection amounted to 47.62% (1031/491). The biggest prevalence of infection was determined in the territory of the Branievo District, 65.78% (301/198), and the smallest in the territory of the Niava District, 32.24% (183/59). In spite of its prevalence and vast economic importance, there is still insufficient information about the key aspects of the biology and epidemiology of A. suum. Viewed from the aspect of epizootiology, it is very important to know the prevalence of swine infections with Ascaris because of the possible infection of humans by its migrating larvae. PB - Springer International Publishing Ag, Cham T2 - Acta Parasitologica T1 - Follow-up study of prevalence and control of ascariasis in swine populations in Serbia VL - 58 IS - 3 SP - 278 EP - 283 DO - 10.2478/s11686-013-0132-z ER -
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Ilić, T., Becskei, Z., Tasić, A.,& Dimitrijević, S.. (2013). Follow-up study of prevalence and control of ascariasis in swine populations in Serbia. in Acta Parasitologica Springer International Publishing Ag, Cham., 58(3), 278-283. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-013-0132-z
Ilić T, Becskei Z, Tasić A, Dimitrijević S. Follow-up study of prevalence and control of ascariasis in swine populations in Serbia. in Acta Parasitologica. 2013;58(3):278-283. doi:10.2478/s11686-013-0132-z .
Ilić, Tamara, Becskei, Zsolt, Tasić, Aleksandar, Dimitrijević, Sanda, "Follow-up study of prevalence and control of ascariasis in swine populations in Serbia" in Acta Parasitologica, 58, no. 3 (2013):278-283, https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-013-0132-z . .