A survey of Sarcocystis sp. infection in cattle slaughtered in Pasay Abbatoir

• Main Author: Macabagdal, Miriam Rose R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Cattle > Diseases; Parasites > Domestic animals; Micro-organisms; Pathogenic; Veterinary bacteriology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1288
• Institution: De La Salle University

Examination of muscle tissue smear preparations from 125 slaughtered cattle showed 24 (19.2 percent) positive for both mature young and developing sarcocysts ( metrocytes ). Infection rates among 3,4 and 5 years old cattle are 13.63 percent, 24.2 percent and 16.7 percent respectively. Of the 24 infe...