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Porcine cysticercosis and African swine fever in Morogoro, Tanzania - Serological surveillance, associated risk factors and status of pork inspection in urban pig farming

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The pig population in urban and town areas has recently expanded due to increasing pork consumption. In Tanzania, the increased pork consumption has contributed to the raise of pig keeping households and transportation of live pigs from rural to urban areas in fetch for good market. The transportation of infected pigs plays significant role in transmission of infections into areas where there was no history of such infections. Some diseases such as Taenia solium Cysticercosis are known to be maintained in low socio-economic, unhygienic environment and poor pig rearing husbandry practices and therefore the possibility of transfer and subsequent establishment of these infections in urban areas is absolutely higher. Similarly, other highly infectious diseases such as African swine fever are spread very fast through transportation of live infected pigs. Therefore effective quarantine, restriction movement and slaughter of infected pigs may continue to be the only possible control measures in endemic areas. Porcine cysticercosis and African swine fever in Morogoro, Tanzania highlighted the serological surveillance status and associated risk factors in urban domestic pig farming.

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Isaac J. Makundi is currently an academician at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania and a PhD student in Yamaguchi University, Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Science in Applied Microbiology of SUA. His areas of research and teaching are Veterinary Microbiology, Immunology, Biotechnology and Genomics

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Authors Mari Johansen, Maria Johansen, Isaa Makundi, Isaac Makundi, Helena Ngowi
Publisher LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2015
 
EAN 9783659676581
ISBN 978-3-659-67658-1
No. of pages 88
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine

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