Pig farming systems and cysticercosis in Northern Uganda

Pig farming systems and cysticercosis in Northern Uganda

Rudimentary non-market-oriented pig rearing systems have been implicated in the persistence of Taenia solium cysticercosis, an endemic disease of high public health concern in Uganda. We investigated the seroprevalence and key predisposing factors of the disease in Moyo and Lira, two pig-producing...

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Main Authors: Joseph Morison Kungu, Charles Masembe, Michael Apamaku, Joyce Akol, Winfred Christine Amia, Michel Dione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CIRAD 2019-10-01
Series:Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux
Subjects:
Swine
livestock management
Taenia spp.
cysticercosis
seroprevalence
risk factors
Online Access:https://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/31254

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