A prospective study was conducted based on the principle of post mortem examination on sheep slaughtered at Sokoto
abattoir
for the presence of
Cysticercus tenuicollis
cysts. A total of 261 sheep were examined with 34 (13.03%) infected.
Prevalence of infection increased with the age of the animals
. M
ales had relatively higher prevalence than females.
Infection was recorded in several visceral organs with omentum having
the highest prevalence (35.29%) and the lungs
the least(11.76%). The results suggest that
C. tenuicollis
is common and may constitute a health problem in sheep and a
source of economic loss in the meat industry, thus emphasizing the need for proper meat i
nspection and handling of
offals in the study area.
