Prevalence of cysticercus tenuicollis (bladder worm) in sheep and goats slaughtered in Soroti Municipal abattoir, Soroti Municipality.

Abstract

This study was conducted in Soroti municipal abattoir, Soroti District from January to May 2013 to assess the prevalence of prevalence of Cysticercus tenuicollis (bladder worm) in slaughtered sheep and goats. The data was collected from the Soroti Municipal abattoir examining the visceral organs, of every animal visually, palpated and incised for the detection of cysts on post-mortem inspection of the 120 slaughtered goats and sheep the date of collection, the number and total of Infected animals age, origin, body condition score and sex of animals were- recorded on the data collection sheet. The data was analyzed and presented using frequency tables and, percentages. At a confidence interval of 95%. The overall prevalence of the parasite Was 20.8%. It can be concluded that there is no significance between the prevalence of Cysticercus tenuicollis in goats and sheep with the place of origin, age sex and body condition score (p>O.005). It was observed that sheep were more infested with Cysticercus temticollis than goats (34.8% and 12.2%) respectively.