Hydatidosis of slaughtered sheep in Baghdad City; bacteriological study of infected hydatid cyst fluid | ||
| Mustansiriya Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 45-48 | ||
| Author | ||
| Waleed AT Al-Ani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Hydatid cyst is an infection caused by cestode species of Echinococcus granulosus and often localized in viscera of animals and humans. Hydatid cyst is typically filled with a clear fluid (hydatid fluid) that is sterile bacteriologically. Bacterial infection of hydatid fluid is sometimes present, but not always and this leads to sterilizing the cyst and prevents producing protoscolicies. Aims: The present work aims to study the prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep slaughtered in Al-Shuala and Al-Karkh abattoirs in Baghdad city and isolation of the possible bacteria that infect hydatid fluid of hydatid cyst. Materials and Methods: A 6-months period observation of two slaughter slabs of sheep (condemned livers), inspection was done in the same slaughter slabs to assess the hydatid cyst and application of bacteriological examination with culture on the present hydatid cyst fluid. Results: The study showed that the prevalence of hydatidosis was 124 (9.9%) of 1258 examined livers. Of the 124 hydatid livers, 32 (25.8%) were fertile and the rest were sterile and calcified. A bacteriological study of fertile hydatid cysts has be done under sterile conditions to isolation of bacteria , of the thirty two fertile cyst cultured in this study, 18 (56.3%) were infected with different types of bacterial isolates including Escherichia coli (38.9%), Klebsiella spp. (27.8%), Staphylococcus spp. (25.0%), Proteus spp. (11.1%) & Pseudomonas spp. (8.2%). Conclusions: the prevalence of hydatidosis in addition to bacterial infection in liver isolated from sheep seriously affects the keeping quality of liver as an important food production and important to the health of the consumers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hydatidosis; prevalence; Bacterial isolates; sheep; Slaughter slabs | ||
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