Risk factors for bovine cysticercosis in a large commercial South African cattle feedlot

Taeniid tapeworms have very simple lifecycles with the adult stage developing in the intestine of the obligate human host, after the ingestion of viable cysticerci in raw/undercooked meat. Bovine Cysticercosis follows epidemic outbreak patterns in a cattle feedlot. These peaks/point source epidemics...

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Main Author: Verwoerd, Dirk J.
Other Authors: Abernethy, D.A.
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65520
Verwoerd, DJ 2017, Risk Factors for Bovine cysticercosis in a large commercial South African cattle feedlot, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65520>