Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia - A real food safety hazard
2021
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Betić, NikolaKlun, Ivana
Đorđević, Vesna
Branković-Lazić, Ivana
Baltić, Tatjana
Vasilev, Dragan
Karabasil, Nedjeljko
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Infection with the apicomplexan protozoon Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most prevalent parasitic zoonotic infections globally, with existing seroprevalences varying between continents, countries, and even within countries and between individual communities. It is estimated that one third of the world's human population is infected with T. gondii, with many studies showing that the dominant mode of infection is consumption of undercooked meat harbouring T. gondii tissue cysts. Prevalences of infection in food animals in different countries range from 0 to 93%. Because of the absence of clinical symptoms in infected animals, and the unfeasibility of rapid and unequivocal detection of microscopic tissue cysts in pork, infected pigs remain unrecognized, and their meat becomes an essential source of infection for humans. The data on T. gondii infection in pigs in Serbia from several studies, as well as on the detection of the parasite in different food categories, from fresh pork to heat-...treated products, are discussed.
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61st International Meat Industry Conference (MEATCON2021), 2021, 854, 012008-Publisher:
- IOP Publishing Ltd
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- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200015 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200015)
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200050 (Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Belgrade) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200050)
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Fakultet veterinarske medicineTY - CONF AU - Betić, Nikola AU - Klun, Ivana AU - Đorđević, Vesna AU - Branković-Lazić, Ivana AU - Baltić, Tatjana AU - Vasilev, Dragan AU - Karabasil, Nedjeljko PY - 2021 UR - https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2285 AB - Infection with the apicomplexan protozoon Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most prevalent parasitic zoonotic infections globally, with existing seroprevalences varying between continents, countries, and even within countries and between individual communities. It is estimated that one third of the world's human population is infected with T. gondii, with many studies showing that the dominant mode of infection is consumption of undercooked meat harbouring T. gondii tissue cysts. Prevalences of infection in food animals in different countries range from 0 to 93%. Because of the absence of clinical symptoms in infected animals, and the unfeasibility of rapid and unequivocal detection of microscopic tissue cysts in pork, infected pigs remain unrecognized, and their meat becomes an essential source of infection for humans. The data on T. gondii infection in pigs in Serbia from several studies, as well as on the detection of the parasite in different food categories, from fresh pork to heat-treated products, are discussed. PB - IOP Publishing Ltd C3 - 61st International Meat Industry Conference (MEATCON2021) T1 - Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia - A real food safety hazard VL - 854 SP - 012008 DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 ER -
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Betić, N., Klun, I., Đorđević, V., Branković-Lazić, I., Baltić, T., Vasilev, D.,& Karabasil, N.. (2021). Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia - A real food safety hazard. in 61st International Meat Industry Conference (MEATCON2021) IOP Publishing Ltd., 854, 012008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008
Betić N, Klun I, Đorđević V, Branković-Lazić I, Baltić T, Vasilev D, Karabasil N. Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia - A real food safety hazard. in 61st International Meat Industry Conference (MEATCON2021). 2021;854:012008. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 .
Betić, Nikola, Klun, Ivana, Đorđević, Vesna, Branković-Lazić, Ivana, Baltić, Tatjana, Vasilev, Dragan, Karabasil, Nedjeljko, "Toxoplasma gondii in pork and pigs in Serbia - A real food safety hazard" in 61st International Meat Industry Conference (MEATCON2021), 854 (2021):012008, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012008 . .