SPATIAL ANALYSIS, TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS IN PUNJAB AND CHANDIGARH (INDIA)

dc.contributor.advisorSingh, B.B.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Satinder Pal
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-17T04:22:36Z
dc.date.available2019-10-17T04:22:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractTaenia solium cysticercosis remains a neglected zoonosis in the developing India. The current research was planned to fill research gaps essential to inform disease prevention and control programs in Punjab, India. Overall, 1132 pigs were post-mortem inspected. The tissue distribution of T. solium cysts in different muscles and organs of the pigs were determined. The cysts isolated from infected carcasses were molecularly confirmed using PCR targeting large subunit rRNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 1 gene, ITS1 gene and Cytochrome oxidase I gene. The selected PCR products were submitted for sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were performed. Choropleth map to understand the spatial distribution of the infection was developed. We recorded T. solium cysticercosis apparent prevalence of 2.12% (95% CI 1.43%-3.14%) and the true prevalence of 5.58% (95% CI 3.76%-8.25%) in naturally infected slaughter pigs in Punjab, India. We counted a mean of 985.57 (range 526-1964) cysts per infected pig from the 19 infected pig carcasses. The polymerase chain reaction confirmed the T. solium cysts from all the 24 positive samples. The phylogenetic analysis indicated all positive samples to be clustered with the T. solium Asian genotype. The pigs reared outside Punjab and sold for slaughter were significantly associated with the infection in Punjab, India. The Tricep brachi muscle was found to be a vital site for localisation of cysticerci in pigs in Punjab, India. The presence of heavily infected carcasses containing viable cysts indicates that T. solium cysticercosis is an important food safety concern for pork consumers in Punjab, India.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810131571
dc.keywordsPorcine cysticercosis, Spatial distribution, Prevalence, PCR, Histopathology, Tissue distribution, Punjaben_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages70en_US
dc.publisherGuru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhianaen_US
dc.subVeterinary Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeSPATIAL ANALYSIS, TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS IN PUNJAB AND CHANDIGARH (INDIA)en_US
dc.these.typeM.V.Sc.en_US
dc.titleSPATIAL ANALYSIS, TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS IN PIGS IN PUNJAB AND CHANDIGARH (INDIA)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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