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Successful eradication of swine trichinellosis in highly endemic village in Croatia

Uncontrolled conditions of slaughter and disposal of infected carcasses provoked a an increase of the prevalence of trichinellosis in swine in previously known endemic village in the region of Eastern Slavonia. The aim of this study was to describe the conditions of the decline of the disease due to severe obligatory control measures during the period from january 1999. to january 2004. Because of the possibility of the rapid spread as was seen in other parts of the country, a disease control plan was implemented in 2000. which included routine trichineloscopy of all slaughtered swine and permanent rodent control. Additionally prompt disposal ( in the period of 12 hours) of infected carcasses was instituted to reduce the access of swine, rodents or other animals to potential sources of infection. An important component of the program involved monitoring the prevalence of Trichinella infection in order to determine the effect of control measures A trichinellosis rate of 3, 56% ( 69 infected swine from 29 small private farms among 2442 samples controlled by routine trichineloscopy) existed in swine prior to implementation of control measures. According to the previous data on the foci of trichinellosis in swine the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry promulgated a decree of obligatory slaughtering under controlled conditions ( in well equiped local slaughterhouse) of all animals from farms previously detected as foci. Totally 492 swine were slaughtered . Among them, even 18, 69% were found infected. It has to be stressed that due to severe control measures, the prevalence of Trichinella decreased by 3, 56% in 1999. to 0% in 2004.

Trichinella ; endemic region ; control measures

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