Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Dispatch
Economic Effect of Confiscation of Cattle Viscera Infected with Cystic Echinococcosis, Huancayo Province, Peru
J. Raúl Lucas
, Carmen A. Arias, Stephanie S. Balcázar-Nakamatsu, Alejandro P. Rodríguez, Karen A. Alroy, and Cesar M. Gavidia
, Carmen A. Arias, Stephanie S. Balcázar-Nakamatsu, Alejandro P. Rodríguez, Karen A. Alroy, and Cesar M. Gavidia
Table 1
Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis among cattle and number of infected animals, by 4-month period, sex, and organ type, Huancayo Province, Peru, September 2013–December 2014
| Period | % Infected (no. infected animals) |
Total prevalence, % (no. infected animals) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female |
Male |
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| Lung | Liver | Heart | Lung | Liver | Heart | |||
| 2013 Sep–Dec | 48.97 (592) | 9.18 (111) | 0.17 (2) | 41.92 (280) | 7.93 (53) | 0.15 (1) | 49.55 (930) | |
| 2014 Jan–Apr | 50.46 (383) | 14.36 (109) | 0.13 (1) | 55.19 (351) | 12.42 (79) | 0.16 (1) | 58.64 (818) | |
| 2014 May–Aug | 32.34 (305) | 9.86 (93) | 0.32 (3) | 24.52 (180) | 6.54 (48) | 0.14 (1) | 31.13 (522) | |
| 2014 Sep–Dec | 31.98 (433) | 21.94 (297) | 0.52 (7) | 19.52 (145) | 15.48 (115) | 0.27 (2) | 35.72 (749) | |
| 2013 Sep–2014 Dec | 40.16 (1,713) | 14.30 (610) | 0.31 (13) | 34.38 (956) | 17.62 (490) | 0.18 (5) | 42.85 (3,019) | |
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